Attention!

Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Click to donate today!

Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3166 - μεγαλαυχέω

Transliteration

megalauchéō

Phonetics

meg-al-ow-kheh'-o

Origin

from a compound of (G3173) and aucheo (to boast, akin to (G837) and (G2744))

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

to be grandiloquent
to boast great things, to bear one's self loftily in speech or action

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1361 ‑ גָּבַהּ (gaw‑bah'); 6206 ‑ עָרַץ (aw‑rats');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

James

HCS ( 0 )

HCS (1)

James

BSB (1)

James

ESV (1)

James

WEB (1)

James

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

αυχει αὐχεῖ εμεγαλαύχουν μεγαλαυχεί μεγαλαυχείν μεγαλαυχήσαι auchei aucheî

video advertisement

Search for…