Definition
φυσιόω, -ῶ
(φῦσα, bellows), = cl. φυσάω,
to puff or blow up, inflate. Metaphorical, to puff up, make proud: 1 Corinthians 8:1. Pass., to be puffed up with pride: 1 Corinthians 4:18-19; 5:2; 13:4; before ὑπό, Colossians 2:18; before ὑπὲρ . . . κατά, 1 Corinthians 4:6 (on the form of the subjc., see M, Pr., 54; Bl., § 22, 3).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- 1 Corinthians 4:6φυσιοῦσθε · you will not take prideBrothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
- 1 Corinthians 4:18ἐφυσιώθησάν · have become arrogantSome of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:19πεφυσιωμένων · arrogant [people]But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2πεφυσιωμένοι · proudAnd you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
- 1 Corinthians 8:1φυσιοῖ · puffs upNow about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4φυσιοῦται · it is not proudLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- Colossians 2:18φυσιούμενος · [Such a person] is puffed upDo not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.