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# זָדוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2087

**insolence** — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

insolence [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2087/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָדוֹן: n.m. insolence, presumptuousness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2087/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 11:2 insolence, presumptuousness (on format. cf. LagBN 204, Anm.), abs. ז׳ Dt 17:12 + 7 times; cstr. זְדוֹן Je 49:16 Ob 3; sf. זְדֹנְךָ 1 S 17:28;— insolence, presumption toward men; affirmed of David by Eliab 1 S 17:28 (‖ רֹעַ לְבָבֶ֑ךָ); usually of presumptuous godlessness (cf. זוּד, זֵד), exhibited in disobedience to priest or judge Dt 17:12; in false prediction 18:22; in gen. Pr 11:2 (opp. צְנוּעִים), 13:10; עֶבְרַת ז׳ Pr 21:24 (cf. זֵד); ז׳ לִבֶּ֑ךָ Je 46:16 (= Ob 3) presumption of thine heart; of Babylon personif. under fig. of ז׳ Je 50:31, 32; dub. is פָּרַח הַזּ׳ Ez 7:10 insolence hath blossomed (preceded by צָץ הַמַּטֶּה) i.e. either of Isr. as demanding punishment, or of Babylon as instr. of punishment.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: presumption (7); the presumption (2); O presumption (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 11:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.2/#tree)

בָּֽא־זָ֭דוֹן וַיָּבֹ֣א קָל֑וֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִ֥ים חָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.comes presumption and it.came shame and.\[is\] with modest.\[people\] wisdom

*JPS 1917:* When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

[Proverbs 13:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.10/#tree)

רַק־בְּ֭זָדוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן מַצָּ֑ה וְאֶת־נ֖וֹעָצִ֣ים חָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* only with presumption it.gives contention and.\[is\] with \[those.who\].receive.advice wisdom

*JPS 1917:* By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2087.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2087/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).