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G212

ἀλαζονεία

alazoneia

Feminine noun · From ἀλαζών (G213)

From G213; braggadocio, i.e. (by implication) self-confidence:—boasting, pride.

Outline

  1. empty, braggart talk
  2. an insolent and empty assurance, which trusts in its own power and resources and shamefully despises and violates divine laws and human rights
  3. an impious and empty presumption which trusts in the stability of earthly things

Usages

James 4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

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1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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