Arrogant
זֵדStrong’s H2086zed
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zed is the Hebrew word usually translated “arrogant”, “from presumptuous” and “proud”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.”
Meaning
- Arrogant, proud, insolent, presumptuousthe arrogant ones (as n coll pl) · presumptuous (as adj)
How it's translated
- arrogant 11
- from presumptuous 1
- proud 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 8
- Malachi 2
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 86:14O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
- Psalms 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
- Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
- Psalms 119:78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
- Psalms 119:85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Hebrew dictionary
זֵד zed · arrogant
1) arrogant, proud, insolent, presumptuous 1a) the arrogant ones (as n coll pl) 1b) presumptuous (as adj)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “arrogant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AR'ROGANT, adjective
- Assuming; making or having the disposition to make exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; haughty; conceited; applied to persons.
- Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims of self importance; applied to things; as arrogant pretensions or behavior.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.