- Original: עפל - Transliteration: `aphal - Phonetic: aw-fal' - Definition: 1. to lift up, swell, be lifted up a. (Pual) to swell b. (Hiphil) to be bold, be swelled 2. to presume, be heedless a. (Hiphil) to be heedless, show heedlessness - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1662,1663 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to swell; figuratively be elated: - be lifted up presume. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • presumed, 1 Numbers 14:44 • up, 1 Habakkuk 2:4