H6277 H6277
arrogance, insolence; arrogant speech or attitude marked by presumption and pride
An adjective describing arrogant or insolent speech and attitude. Hannah's prayer warns against speaking with 'arrogance' pouring from the mouth (1 Sam 2:3), equating it with prideful boasting against God. The Psalms denounce insolent speech: the arrogant words of the wicked (31:18), boasting with 'arrogance' (75:5), and the boastful pronouncements of evildoers (94:4). The term captures speech that exceeds proper bounds—presumptuous, unrestrained, forward declarations that elevate self over God and others. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'arrogancia,' French 'arrogance') preserves the attitude of prideful presumption in speech.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Arrogant or insolent speech, words marked by presumptuous pride. 1 Samuel 2:3 warns against letting 'arrogance' come from the mouth. Psalms use it three times (31:18, 75:5, 94:4) for the haughty words of the wicked—insolent boasting against God and oppression of others. The term emphasizes verbal arrogance: speech that oversteps boundaries, exalts self, and defies divine authority. 4×
AR["بِعَجْرَفَةٍ", "بِوَقَاحَةٍ", "مُتَصَلِّبٍ", "وَقِحٌ"]·ben["অহঙ্কার", "উদ্ধতভাবে", "গর্বিত-কথা"]·DE["arrogance", "insolent"]·EN["arrogance", "insolent"]·FR["arrogance", "arrogant"]·heb["עתק"]·HI["अहंकार", "अहंकार-से", "आताक", "कठिन-बातें"]·ID["kecongkakan", "yang-kaku"]·IT["arrogance", "tortuoso"]·jav["kaku", "kumalungkung", "tèmbung-kumalungkung"]·KO["거만한것", "오만하게", "오만한", "오만한-것-을"]·PT["arrogante", "arrogância", "duramente"]·RU["дерзость", "шеею"]·ES["arrogancia", "arrogante", "insolencia"]·SW["kwa-jeuri", "kwa-kiburi", "majivuno", "ngumu"]·TR["küstaahca", "küstah", "küstahlık", "küstahça"]·urd["اکڑ-کر", "گستاخانہ-باتیں", "گستاخی", "گستاخی-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עָתָק adj. forward, arrogant (of speech) (Thes free (v. Arabic), unrestrained);—1 S 2:3 ψ 31:19; 94:4; so also 75:6 (cf. צַוָּאר).