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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.

Greek

2755. kenodoxos -- vainglorious
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kenodoxos Phonetic Spelling:
(ken-od'-ox-os) Short Definition: vainglorious Definition: vainglorious, boastful. ...
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5246. huperogkos -- of excessive weight or size
... size. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: huperogkos Phonetic Spelling:
(hoop-er'-ong-kos) Short Definition: immoderate, boastful Definition: immoderate ...
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213. alazon -- vagabond, hence an impostor, boaster
... it.]. Word Origin from ale (wandering) Definition vagabond, hence an impostor,
boaster NASB Word Usage boastful (2). boaster. From ...
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212. alazoneia -- boastfulness
... etc.). Word Origin from alazon Definition boastfulness NASB Word Usage arrogance
(1), boastful pride (1). boasting, pride, arrogance. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1984b. halal -- to be boastful, to praise
... 1984a, 1984b. halal. 1985 . to be boastful, to praise. Transliteration:
halal Short Definition: praise. Word Origin a prim. root ...
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7229. rab -- great
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to rab Definition great NASB Word Usage boastful
(1), captain (1), chief (3), great (15), large (2), larger (1). ...
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6286. paar -- to beautify, glorify
... root Definition to beautify, glorify NASB Word Usage adorn (1), beautify (2), become
boastful (1), boast (1), glorified (4), glorify (1), honor (1), show my ...
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Library

O, Death, be not Thou Boastful, Over the Just
... Hymn LXVIII. O, Death, be not thou boastful, over the just. 1. Man., O,
Death, be not thou boastful, over the just: the sons of thy ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn lxviii o death be.htm

But Now, Since My Pleading Has Steered Its Course Out of These ...
... wound with the point of my pen some Luscius Lanuvinus or an Asinius Pollio of the
race of the Cornelii, if I repel the attacks of a man of boastful and curious ...
/.../30 but now since my.htm

On Sandals and Simplicity
... The great misfortune of the modern English is not at all that they are more boastful
than other people (they are not); it is that they are boastful about those ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/x on sandals and simplicity.htm

Second Stage of Jewish Trial. Jesus Condemned by Caiaphas and the ...
... [While the testimony then before the court might be used to show that Jesus was
recklessly boastful, it was insufficient to justify a sentence of blasphemy. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cxxvi second stage of jewish.htm

Letter vi. To Salvius: a Complaint that the Country People were ...
... In like manner, let it delight the boastful soldier after his term of service is
completed, to hang up his trophies, and patiently to bear the burden of age. ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /letter vi to salvius a.htm

Christ the Bread of Life.
... vitality. He goes forth to his work boastful of his strength. ... strength? How long
can he live on the boastful supply of his physical manhood? ...
/.../ii christ the bread of life.htm

On the Different Functions of Modesty. ...
... [120] He desires that this should be first, and, as it were, lead the way of prayers
to come, so that the sinner's prayer may not be boastful, but veiled, as ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xviii on the different.htm

But we must Follow Our Preacher, who Can Only Turn Away with ...
... march of the present generation with the next that shall follow it; yea, there is
no end of the succession of surging generations, each boastful of itself, and ...
/.../jennings/old groans and new songs/chapter iv but we must.htm

The Fig-Tree.
... Graphic picture of boastful and vaunting Israel! ... Fig-trees were they, too"naked stems,
fruitless and leafless; but then they made no boastful pretensions. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xix the fig-tree.htm

Deliverance from Assyria
... The boastful Assyrian, while used by God for a season as the rod of His anger
for the punishment of the nations, was not always to prevail. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 30 deliverance from assyria.htm

Thesaurus

Boastful (18 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Boastful (18 Occurrences). ... Love knows neither envy nor
jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited. ...
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Glorious (91 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious;
vainglorious. 3. (n.) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. Int. ...
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Parents (27 Occurrences)
... Romans 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV ...
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Arrogant (60 Occurrences)
... Arrogant (60 Occurrences). Romans 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty,
boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (See NAS NIV). ...
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Haughty (35 Occurrences)
... (WEY DBY). Romans 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful,
inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (WEB WEY ASV RSV). ...
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Disobedient (30 Occurrences)
... Romans 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Boast (86 Occurrences)
... Boaster (alazon, "a braggart") occurs in the King James Version (Romans 1:30 2 Timothy
3:2); the Revised Version (British and American) has "boastful.". ...
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Boastfully (6 Occurrences)

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Vainglorious (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity;
boastful. Multi-Version Concordance Vainglorious (1 Occurrence). ...
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Ungrateful (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 3:2 for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant,
evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane, (DBY NAS RSV NIV ...
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Bible Concordance

Boastful (18 Occurrences)

Romans 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:6 In writing this much, brethren, with special reference to Apollos and myself, I have done so for your sakes, in order to teach you by our example what those words mean, which say, "Nothing beyond what is written!" --so that you may cease to take sides in boastful rivalry, for one teacher against another.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
(WEY RSV)

2 Corinthians 11:17 That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;
(See RSV)

Galatians 5:26 Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another. Paul's Letter to the Philippians
(See NAS)

2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS NIV)

James 3:5 In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.
(WEY)

2 Peter 2:18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
(See NIV)

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
(See NAS)

Jude 1:16 These men are murmurers, ever bemoaning their lot. Their lives are guided by their evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can gain.
(WEY)

Revelation 13:5 And there was given him a mouth full of boastful and blasphemous words; and liberty of action was granted him for forty-two months.
(WEY)

Judges 7:2 Yahweh said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying,'My own hand has saved me.'
(See NAS)

Psalms 5:5 The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 12:3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
(See NIV)

Psalms 73:2 As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
(YLT)

Psalms 75:4 I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
(DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 49:4 What -- dost thou boast thyself in valleys? Flowed hath thy valley, O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who doth come in unto me?
(See NAS)

Daniel 7:11 I saw at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I saw even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Boastful

Related Terms

Glorious (91 Occurrences)

Parents (27 Occurrences)

Arrogant (60 Occurrences)

Haughty (35 Occurrences)

Disobedient (30 Occurrences)

Boast (86 Occurrences)

Boastfully (6 Occurrences)

Vainglorious (1 Occurrence)

Ungrateful (2 Occurrences)