Strong's Hebrew · H2086

זֵד

zêd · zade'

presumptuous, proud.

Definition

arrogant

Derivation

from H2102 (זוּד);

Appears 13 times in Scripture

Psalms 19:13

Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

Psalms 119:21

You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.

Psalms 119:51

The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.

Psalms 119:122

Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Psalms 86:14

The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.

Psalms 119:85

The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

Psalms 119:78

May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

Psalms 119:69

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Malachi 3:15

So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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