To inflate
φυσιόωStrong’s G5448phusioō
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phusioō is the Greek word usually translated “puffed up”, “were puffed up” and “puffs up”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.”
Meaning
Usually translated “puffed up”, “were puffed up” and “puffs up”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- puffed up 2
- you be puffed up 1
- were puffed up 1
- puffs up 1
- is puffed up 1
- being puffed up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 6
- Colossians 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 4:18Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- 1 Corinthians 8:1Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- Colossians 2:18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Greek dictionary
φυσιόω phusioō · to inflate
φυσιόω, -ῶ (φῦσα, bellows), = cl. φυσάω, to puff or blow up, inflate. Metaphorical, to puff up, make proud: 1Co.8:1. Pass., to be puffed up with pride: 1Co.4:18-19 5:2 13:4; before ὑπό, Col.2:18; before ὑπὲρ . . . κατά, 1Co.4:6 (on the form of the subjc., see M, Pr., 54; Bl., § 22, 3).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “inflate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INFLA'TE, verb transitive
[Latin inflatus, from inflo; in and flo, to blow.]
- To swell or distend by injecting air; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
- To fill with the breath; to blow in.
- To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.