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1: φυσιόω

(Strong's #5448 — Verb — phusioo — foo-see-o'-o )

"to puff up, blow up, inflate" (from phusa, "bellows"), is used metaphorically in the NT, in the sense of being "puffed" up with pride, 1 Corinthians 4:6,18,19; 5:2; 8:1; 13:4; Colossians 2:18 .

2: τυφόομαι

(Strong's #5187 — Verb — tuphoo — toof-o'-o )

is always rendered "to puff up" in the RV. See HIGH-MINDED , PROUD.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Puff'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/p/puff.html. 1940.

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