H6075a H6075a
to be swollen, puffed up; arrogant
This verb, appearing in Pual passive stem, likely means to be swollen or puffed up, with moral connotation of arrogance or pride. In Habakkuk 2:4 it describes the soul of the wicked as puffed up or arrogant, contrasting with the righteous who live by faithfulness. The root may relate to physical swelling or tumors, extended metaphorically to describe moral inflation. The text and interpretation are challenging, with some scholars emending.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Used in Habakkuk 2:4 to describe the proud soul that is 'puffed up' or swollen, contrasted with the righteous who live by faith. The Pual passive suggests a state of being inflated or enlarged, metaphorically describing pride or arrogance. Spanish 'hinchada' (swollen) preserves the physical metaphor. The verse became foundational for Paul's doctrine of justification by faith, though the Hebrew focuses on the contrast between arrogant self-sufficiency and humble faithfulness. 1×
AR["المُنتَفِخُ"]·ben["সে-গর্বিত"]·DE["[עפלה]"]·EN["puffed-up"]·FR["être-arrogant"]·heb["עופלה"]·HI["घमंडी"]·ID["yang-sombong,"]·IT["[עפלה]"]·jav["kang-gumunggung"]·KO["교만한-자-는"]·PT["orgulhosa"]·RU["надменная"]·ES["hinchada"]·SW["imevimba"]·TR["şişkin"]·urd["مغرور"]
Related Senses
H2896a 1. good (quality or moral) (305×)H7563 1. wicked person (259×)H7451c 1. moral evil or wickedness (234×)H5771 1. iniquity, sin, wrongdoing (222×)H6662 1. righteous person (substantive) (195×)G0266 1. sin, failure, transgression (173×)H2403b 1. sin, transgression (170×)H2617a 1. Covenant faithfulness, steadfast love (167×)H2398 1. Qal: to sin, commit sin (165×)H6666 1. righteousness, moral uprightness (145×)G5485 1. grace, divine favor (141×)H7451a 1. morally evil, wicked (129×)H2403b 2. sin-offering, sacrifice for sin (120×)G2570 1. good, right, excellent (98×)H6588 1. transgression, offense against God (88×)G0018 1. good (moral quality) (85×)H2896b 1. good, what is good (85×)H7451b 1. evil, wickedness (moral) (83×)H7451a 2. evil, harm, calamity (80×)G1342 1. righteous, upright (of persons) (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. עָפַל vb. swell (?; so Thes; inferred from deriv.; Arabic عَفَلٌ is a tumour in the vulva or anus, عَفِلَ appar. denom. (cf. ii. עֹפֶל) v. Assyrian uplu, prob. tumour (DlHWB 7 ublu, but v. JenTh Lz 1895, 250));— Pu. Pf. 3 fs. עֻפְּלָה Hb 2:4 according to MT (subj. נַפְשׁוֹ, cf. GASm); but subst. needed, BrdSK 1889, 121 הַנֶּעֱלָף, We Now הָעַוָּל, cf. GuKau.— Hiph. v. עָפַל²" dir="rtl" >II. עפל.