Bible Dictionary: High-minded

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Proud; arrogant.

2. (a.) Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.

Greek

5309. hupselophroneo -- to be high-minded
... be proud, high-minded. From a compound of hupselos and phren; to be lofty in mind,
ie Arrogant -- be highminded. see GREEK hupselos. see GREEK phren. ...
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5187. tuphoo -- to be conceited, foolish
... From a derivative of tupho; to envelop with smoke, ie (figuratively) to inflate
with self-conceit -- high-minded, be lifted up with pride, be proud. ...
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Library

Ephesians iv. 4
... "Their feet," saith the Prophet, "run to evil." (Isaiah 59:7.) Neither then let
these, the head, saith he, be high-minded against the feet, nor the feet look ...
/.../homily x ephesians iv 4.htm

I Fear, I Say, Greatly for Thee, Lest...
... "Be not thou high-minded, but fear." [2144] Love thou the goodness of God;
fear thou His severity: neither suffers thee to be proud. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of holy virginity /section 39 i fear i.htm

The Loftiness of Humility
... than humility. For, if you will look at it aright, the humble man is really
more high-minded than the proud man. Think. Suppose ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xx the loftiness of.htm

1 Cor. Iv. 6
... of praise and hast indeed the gracious gift, and that the judgment of men is not
corrupt: yet not even in this case were it right to be high-minded; for thou ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xii 1 cor iv.htm

1 Timothy vi. 7-Feb
... ii.7.), he therefore who knows this will not be high-minded. Man hath nothing
except from God, therefore he will not be high-minded. ...
/.../homily xvii 1 timothy vi.htm

2 Timothy iii. 4-Jan
... without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of ...
/.../homily viii 2 timothy iii.htm

Psalm LXXXVI.
... hold such a rank in the world: only let them remember the Apostle's words: "Charge
those who are rich in this world, that they be not highminded." [3943] For ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxxvi.htm

Faustus Argues that if the Apostles Born under the Old Covenant ...
... by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear; for if God spared not the natural
branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee. Behold ...
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Ruth
... in His sight; that the simple dwellers in villages, the simple tillers of the ground,
can be as godly and as pious, as virtuous and as high-minded, as those ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon x ruth.htm

A People Prepared for the Lord
... presence. For mind, my friends, our business is not to be high-minded but
to fear. And we English are too apt to be high-minded now. ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxxviii a people prepared.htm

Thesaurus

Highminded (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HIGHMINDED. ... that they be not highminded"); of tuphoo
"to wrap in mist or smoke," trop., to wrap in conceit, to make proud, etc. ...
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High-minded (3 Occurrences)
High-minded. Highminded, High-minded. Highness . Noah Webster's Dictionary
1. (a.) Proud; arrogant. ... Highminded, High-minded. Highness . Reference Bible
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Heady (1 Occurrence)
... to do anything," "precipitate," "headlong" (2 Timothy 3:4, "heady, high-minded,"
etc., the ... 2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more ...
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Fearing (107 Occurrences)
... Romans 11:20 by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith;
be not high-minded, but be fearing; (YLT). Galatians ...
/f/fearing.htm - 35k

Enjoin (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:17 Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor
to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all ...
/e/enjoin.htm - 11k

Pleasures (18 Occurrences)
... for the rest. (BBE). 2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of
pleasures more than lovers of God; (KJV WBS). Titus 2:12 ...
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Giveth (378 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded,
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly ...
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Affords (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:17 Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor
to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all ...
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Standest (6 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV DBY WBS). Romans 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off,
and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: (KJV ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Honorable (42 Occurrences)
... illustrious. 2. (a.) High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a
scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3 ...
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Bible Concordance

High-minded (3 Occurrences)

Romans 11:20 Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and thou standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 6:17 Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;
(DBY WBS YLT)

2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
(WBS)

Subtopics

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Heady (1 Occurrence)

Fearing (107 Occurrences)

Enjoin (15 Occurrences)

Pleasures (18 Occurrences)

Giveth (378 Occurrences)

Affords (2 Occurrences)

Standest (6 Occurrences)