phrenapatao describes self-deception: thinking oneself significant while being nothing.

The attested use describes deceiving oneself through the false judgment that one is something despite being nothing.

1. Deceiving oneself through self-importance · dominant

   In Galatians 6:3, the present active indicative singular form occurs in the statement about someone who thinks he is something while being nothing; the APB renders the result, "he deceives himself."

   Galatians 6:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Galatians 6:3, the APB presents the clause as "he deceives himself." This rendering confirms the verse's self-deception context rather than isolating each feature of the Greek form.