Dictionary entry

Conceit

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon-set': An idiomatic rendering of a phrase, phronimoi en heautois, inRo 11:25;12:16; meaning literally, "wise with one's self," i.e. "in one's own opinion," or, as in parallel Old Testament passages (Pr 26:5,12the Revised Version, margin), "in his own eyes" (Hebrew `ayin).