What does ὑβριστής (hybristḗs) mean in the Bible?
ὑβριστής (hybristḗs) is a Greek word meaning "insolent man".
Greek · G5197
ὑβριστής
Insolent man
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ὑβριστήςG5197
Pronunciationhybristḗs
What does ὑβριστής (hybristḗs) mean in the Bible?
ὑβριστής (hybristḗs) is a Greek word meaning "insolent man".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5197?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a violent [man] (1), insolent (1).
Where does ὑβριστής (hybristḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 1:30. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita violent [man]1×1 Timothy 1:13
insolent1×Romans 1:30
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 1:30
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Romans11 Timothy1
Source forms
ὑβριστάς1xhybristasRomans 1:30
ὑβριστήν1xhybristēn1 Timothy 1:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xRomans 1:30
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1x1 Timothy 1:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. insolent man
Strong'sG5197
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
insolent man
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 1:30Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ὑβριστάς,ubristav
an insolent, insulting man
Read verse1 Timothy 1:13Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑβριστήν·ubristhn
an insolent, insulting man
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · MasculineRom 1:301×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine1 Tim 1:131×
Word Origins
ὑβριστής is built from this root:
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