Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
to envelop with smoke, i.e. (figuratively) to inflate with self-conceit
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to besmoke; met. to possess with the fumes of conceit; pass. to be demented with conceit, puffed up, 1 Tim. 3:6; 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:4; 1 Tim. 6:4*
Translated in KJV as
high-mindedbe lifted up with pridebe proud
Etymology
from a derivative of G5188 (τύφω);
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