Arrogance
זָדוֹןStrong’s H2087zadon (za-don)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zadon is the Hebrew word usually translated “presumption”, “pride” and “arrogance”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.”
Meaning
- Pride, insolence, presumptuousness, arrogance
How it's translated
- with presumption 2
- pride 2
- arrogance 2
- arrogance your 1
- with pride 1
- arrogance of 1
- o arrogance 1
- presumption of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- 1 Samuel 1
- Ezekiel 1
- Obadiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 18:22When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
- 1 Samuel 17:28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
- Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
- Proverbs 13:10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
- Proverbs 21:24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
- Jeremiah 49:16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
זָדוֹן zadon · arrogance
pride, insolence, presumptuousness, arrogance
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “arrogance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AR'ROGANCE, noun
[Latin arrogantia, from arrogo, to claim; of ad and rogo, to beg, or desire. See Arrogate.]
- “I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease. Pov. 8” Isaiah 13:11
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.