H7295 H7295
The proud; refers to arrogant people in Psalm 40:4, though text is uncertain and may need emendation
This adjective means 'proud' or 'defiant,' appearing in Psalm 40:4 in a beatitude: 'Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and does not turn to the proud.' However, the Hebrew text is questionable, and many scholars propose emending it to read 'vanities' or 'idols' instead, which would make better parallel with the context of false gods. If retained, 'the proud' would refer to arrogant people who reject God. Either way, the verse contrasts those who trust Yahweh with those who look elsewhere—whether to proud people or to empty idols.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Psalm 40:4 pronounces blessing: 'Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie.' The phrase 'to the proud' (אֶל־רְהָבִים) is textually suspect—the Septuagint reads 'vanities,' and many scholars recommend reading הבלים (vanities/idols). Spanish 'soberbios' (proud ones) preserves the received text. If 'proud' is correct, it refers to arrogant humans who reject divine authority—not suitable objects of trust. If emended to 'vanities,' it refers to false gods. Either reading contrasts the blessed person (trusting Yahweh alone) with the foolish person (trusting proud humans or vain idols). 1×
AR["المُتَكَبِّرينَ"]·ben["অহংকারীদের"]·DE["der-proud"]·EN["the-proud"]·FR["orgueilleux"]·heb["רהבים"]·HI["अहंकारियों"]·IT["[רהבים]"]·jav["tiyang-gumedhe"]·KO["교만한-자들-에게"]·PT["os-arrogantes"]·RU["надменным"]·ES["soberbios"]·SW["wenye-kiburi"]·TR["gurululara"]·urd["مغروروں"]
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
† [רָהָב] adj. proud, defiant (si vera l.);—pl. אֶל־רְהָבִים ψ 40:5 unto the proud; but read prob. הבלים (cf. 𝔊 ματαιότητας).