Meaning
Presume; Presumptuous; Presumptuously pre-zum', pre-zump'-tu-us, pre-zump'-tu-us-li: "To presume" ("to take or go beforehand") is to speak or act without warrant or proudly. In the Old Testament the words are for the most part the translation of zudh, and zidh, "to boil up" (as water), and derivatives; hence, to act proudly, to speak unauthorizedly, etc. (Deu 18:20, Deu 18:22, of the prophet; Exo 21:14, Deu 1:43, Deu 17:12, Deu 17:13, Psa 19:13, "presumptuous sins" (zedh, "proud"); compare Psa 86:14, Psa 119:21, etc.; Pr 21:24, etc.). Other words are male', "to fill," "to be full" (Es 7:5, "presume"); `aphal, "to lift oneself up" (Nu 14:44); beyadh ramah, "with a high hand" (Nu 15:30, the Revised Version (British and American) "with a high hand"); in 2Pe 2:10 tolmetes, "bold," "daring," is translated "presumptuous," the Revised Version (British and American) "daring"; in 2Macc 3:24, 5:15; we have katatolmao; thrasus, is rendered "presumption" in 2Macc 5:18, the Revised Version (British and American) "daring deed."
W. L. Walker
