Strong G213ἀλαζών
braggart
- Transliteration
- alazōn
- Pronunciation
- al-ad-zone'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From ἄλη alē (vagrancy); braggart: - boaster.
Detailed definition
ἀλαζών, -όνος, ὁ, ἡ
(ἄλη, wandering) [in LXX: Job.28:8 (שַׁחַץ) Hab.2:5 (יָהִיר), Pro.21:24 (לוּץ)*;]
prop, a vagabond, hence, an impostor, a boaster: Rom.1:30, 2Ti.3:2.†
SYN.: ὐβριστής, ὑπερήφανος (see Tr., Syn., § xxix; Lft., Notes, 256) (AS)
(ἄλη, wandering) [in LXX: Job.28:8 (שַׁחַץ) Hab.2:5 (יָהִיר), Pro.21:24 (לוּץ)*;]
prop, a vagabond, hence, an impostor, a boaster: Rom.1:30, 2Ti.3:2.†
SYN.: ὐβριστής, ὑπερήφανος (see Tr., Syn., § xxix; Lft., Notes, 256) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G213 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- boaster2
First verses
- Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- 2 Timothy 3:2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀλαζ-ών [ᾰλ], όνος, ὁ, ἡ,
(ἄλη) properly wanderer about country, vagrant, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Comedy texts 31.)]
II charlatan, quack, especially of Sophists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 380, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 102, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 173c, +others)]
II.2 braggart, boaster, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1127a21)]; title of play by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus)]
II.3 adjective, boastful, pretentious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12; ἀ. λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560c)]: comparative -έστερος[Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {εἴρων}: _superlative_, ἡδονὴ ἀλαζονίστατον)] most shameless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 65c)]. adverb superlative -έστατα, δρω-ν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.29.)]
(ἄλη) properly wanderer about country, vagrant, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Comedy texts 31.)]
II charlatan, quack, especially of Sophists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 380, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 102, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 173c, +others)]
II.2 braggart, boaster, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1127a21)]; title of play by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus)]
II.3 adjective, boastful, pretentious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12; ἀ. λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560c)]: comparative -έστερος[Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {εἴρων}: _superlative_, ἡδονὴ ἀλαζονίστατον)] most shameless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 65c)]. adverb superlative -έστατα, δρω-ν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.29.)]