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Strong's #3166 - μεγαλαυχέω
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- to be grandiloquent
- to boast great things, to bear one's self loftily in speech or action
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μεγᾰλ-αυχέω,
I boast, brag, A. Ag. 1528 (anap.), LXX Ezekiel 16:50, Ph. 1.284, AP 5.272 (Agath.); ἐπί τινι Plb. 12.13.10; ἐν ταῖς εὐπραγίαις Id. 8.21.11; διά τι D.S. 15.16: — also in Med., Pl. Alc. 1.104c, R. 395d; ἐπί τινι App. BC 1.13.
II c.acc., boast of, μονομάχιον Id. Gall. 10.
μεγαλαυχέω, 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.)
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μεγαλ -αυχέω , -ῶ (= μεγάλα αὐχέω ),
[in LXX: Ezekiel 16:50 (H1361), al.;]
to boast great things: James 3:5 (Rec. for μεγάλα αὐχεῖ , WH).†
* αὐχέω , -ῶ ,
(< αὔχη , boasting),
to boast: c. acc (MM, s.v.), μεγάλα αὐχεῖ (Rec. μεγαλαυχεῖ , q.v.), James 3:5.†
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