Strong G2754κενοδοξία
empty conceit
- Transliteration
- kenodoxia
- Pronunciation
- ken-od-ox-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2755; empty glorying that is self conceit: - vain-glory.
Detailed definition
κενοδοξία, -ας, ἡ
(κενόδοξος), [in LXX: Wis.14:14, 2Ma.2:15 2Mac 8:10 *;]
1. foolish fancy, vain opinion, error (LXX, ll. with).
2. vainglory, groundless conceit: Php.2:3.†
(AS)
(κενόδοξος), [in LXX: Wis.14:14, 2Ma.2:15 2Mac 8:10 *;]
1. foolish fancy, vain opinion, error (LXX, ll. with).
2. vainglory, groundless conceit: Php.2:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2754 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- vainglory1
First verses
- Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κενοδοξ-ία, ἡ,
liability to vain imagination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 30, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.332 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
II vanity, conceit, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.81.9, LXX.Wis.14.14, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.107, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.47, NT.Phil.2.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.57d, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 15)]; especially of false prudery, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.415.)]
liability to vain imagination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 30, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.332 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
II vanity, conceit, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.81.9, LXX.Wis.14.14, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.107, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.47, NT.Phil.2.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.57d, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 15)]; especially of false prudery, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.415.)]