ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΕΙΝ, μεγαλαυχειν
MEGALAUCHEIN, megalauchein
Sounds Like: meh-gah-LAWH-khein
Translations: to boast, to brag, to be arrogant, to speak boastfully
From the root: ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active infinitive verb meaning to boast or to brag. It is a compound word formed from ΜΕΓΑΣ (megas), meaning 'great', and ΑΥΧΕΩ (aucheo), meaning 'to boast' or 'to vaunt'. It describes the act of speaking or acting with excessive pride, often in an arrogant or self-important manner.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3166 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 9:39
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 9:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΗΣΕΝ — boasted, he boasted, she boasted, it boasted, he made great boasts, she made great boasts, it made great boasts
- ἘΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΟΥΝ — they boasted, they bragged, they gloried
- ΕΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΗΣΕΝ — he boasted, he boasted greatly, he was arrogant, he was proud
- ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΕΙ — boasts, he boasts, she boasts, it boasts, to boast greatly, to be arrogant
- ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΗΣΑΙ — to boast greatly, to be arrogant, to be proud, to vaunt oneself
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