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Strong's #2755 - κενόδοξος
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- glorying without reason, conceited, vain glorious, eager for empty glory
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κενόδοξ-ος, ον,
vain-glorious, conceited, Plb. 27.7.12, Ph. 1.672, Galatians 5:26, Arr. Epict. 3.24.43, Jul. Or. 6.180d; κληρονομία Vett.Val. 271.2.
κενόδοξος, κενοδοξον (κενός, δόξα), glorying without reason, conceited, vain-glorious, eager for empty glory: Galatians 5:26. (Polybius, Diodorus; Antoninus 5, 1; (cf. Philo de trib. virt. § 2 at the end); ecclesiastical writings.)
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κενόδοξος , -ον
(< κενός , δόξα ),
vain-glorious: Galatians 5:26.†
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Like the subst., κενόδοξος is an ἅπ. εἰρ. in the NT (Galatians 5:26). It is found once in Epictetus with the same meaning ";vainglorious,"; iii. 24. 43 ὁ προσποιούμενος τὰ μηδὲν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔστω ἀλαζών, ἔστω κενόδοξος. Cf. also Vett. Val. p. 271.2 αἱροῦνται. . τῆς κενοδόξου κληρονομίας ἀπαλλαγῆναι.
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