Insolence
מַדְהֵבָהStrong’s H4062madhevah (mad-he-vah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Madhevah is the Hebrew word usually translated “raging”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!”
Meaning
- Boisterous, raging, behaviour, boisterous behaviour
- (CLBL) golden city, exactness of gold
How it's translated
- raging 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מַדְהֵבָה madhevah · insolence
1) boisterous, raging, behaviour, boisterous behaviour 2) (CLBL) golden city, exactness of gold
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “insolence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'SOLENCE, noun
[Latin insolentia; in and soleo, to be accustomed.]
All definitions and other forms of “insolence”
IN'SOLENCE, verb transitive
To treat with haughty contempt. [Not used.]
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.