Lexicon megalaucheó: boast great things. Original Word: μεγαλαυχέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: megalaucheó Phonetic Spelling: (meg-al-ow-kheh'-o) Short Definition: I boast, am arrogant, vaunt Definition: I boast, am arrogant, vaunt. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originvariant reading for megas and aucheó, q.v. Thayer's STRONGS NT 3166: μεγαλαυχέωμεγαλαυχέω, μεγαλαύχω; ( μεγάλαυχος, and this from μεγάλα and αὐχέω); to be grandiloquent; to boast great things, to bear oneself loftily in speech or action: ἡ γλῶσσα μεγάλαυχεῖ ( L T Tr WH μεγάλα αὐχεῖ), James 3:5, where it seems to denote any kind of haughty language which wounds and provokes others, and stirs up strife. ( Aeschylus Ag. 1528; Polybius 12, 13, 10; 8, 23, 11; Diodorus 15, 16, others; middle γυναῖκα πρός Θεούς ἐριζουσαν καί μεγαλαυχουμενην, Plato, rep. 3, p. 395 d.; for גָּבָה, to exalt oneself, carry oneself haughtily, Ezekiel 16:50; Zephaniah 3:11; add, 2 Macc. 15:32; Sir. 48:18.)
Strong's boast great things. From a compound of megas and aucheo (to boast; akin to auzano and kauchaomai); to talk big, i.e. Be grandiloquent (arrogant, egotistic) -- boast great things. see GREEK megas see GREEK auzano see GREEK kauchaomai |
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