signifies "showing oneself above others, preeminent" (huper, "above," phainomai, "to appear, be manifest"); it is always used in Scripture in the bad sense of "arrogant, disdainful, proud," Luk 1:51, Rom 1:30, 2Ti 3:2, Jam 4:6, 1Pe 5:5.
Note: For the AV renderings of the verb tuphoo, in 1Ti 3:6, 1Ti 6:4, 2Ti 3:4, see HIGHMINDED.