the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Strong's #213 - ἀλαζών
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- an empty pretender, a boaster
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ἀλαζ-ών [ᾰλ], όνος, ὁ, ἡ, (ἄλη) prop.
1. wanderer about country, vagrant, Alc. Com. 31. II charlatan, quack, esp. of Sophists, Cratin. 380, Ar. Nu. 102, Pl. Chrm. 173c, al.
2. braggart, boaster, X. Cyr. 2.2.12, Arist. EN 1127a21; title of play by Men.
3. Adj., boastful, pretentious, Hdt. 6.12; ἀ. λόγοι Pl. R. 560c: Comp. -έστερος Suid. s.v. εἴρων: Sup., ἡδονὴ ἀλαζονίστατον most shameless, Pl. Phlb. 65c. Adv. Sup. -έστατα, δρω-ν Ael. NA 4.29.
ἀλαζών, (ονος, ὁ, ἡ (ἄλη, wandering) (from Aristophanes on), an empty pretender, a boaster: Romans 1:30; 2 Timothy 3:2. (Trench, § xxix.; Tittmann i., p. 73f; Schmidt, chapter 172, 2.)
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ἀλαζών , -όνος , ὁ , ἡ
(<ἄλη , wandering),
[in LXX: Job 28:8 (H7830) Habakkuk 2:5 (H3093), Proverbs 21:24 (H3887)*;]
prop, a vagabond, hence, an impostor, a boaster: Romans 1:30, 2 Timothy 3:2.†
SYN.: ὐβριστής G5197, ὑπερήφανος G5244 (v. Tr., Syn., § xxix; Lft., Notes, 256).
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