International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Conceit

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Conceit


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kon-sēt´: An idiomatic rendering of a phrase, φρόνιμοι ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, phrónimoi en heautoı́s, in ; ; meaning literally, “wise with one's self,” i.e. “in one's own opinion,” or, as in parallel Old Testament passages (, the Revised Version, margin), “in his own eyes” (Hebrew ‛ayin).