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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

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
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

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

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

James 1

HCS (0)

HCS (1)

James 1

BSB (1)

James 1

ESV (1)

James 1

WEB (1)

James 1

KJV (1)

things 1

HCS (0)

HCS (1)

of the body, it boasts 1

BSB (1)

it boasts of 1

ESV (1)

great things 1

WEB (1)

boasts great things 1

RAH

V-AAN 1

V-IAI3P 1

V-PAN 1

ANT

V-PAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-PAI-3S 1

BGB

V-PIA-3S 1

BMT

V-PAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-PAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-PAI-3S 1

NA26

V-PAI-3S 1

SBL

V-3PAIS 1

SCV

V-PAI-3S 1

STV

V-PAI-3S 1

TIS

V-PAI-3S 1

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.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.)

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