ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΙΑΣ, μεγαλαυχιας
MEGALAUCHIAS, megalauchias
Sounds Like: meh-gah-LAWH-khee-as
Translations: of boasting, of vainglory, of arrogance, of pride, of haughtiness
From the root: ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, combining 'μέγας' (megas, meaning 'great') and 'αὐχέω' (aucheo, meaning 'to boast' or 'to vaunt'). It refers to the act or quality of excessive boasting, vainglory, or arrogance. It describes a person who has an inflated sense of self-importance and expresses it through proud or boastful speech. It is often used in a negative sense to describe a vice.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3179 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 2:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 4:62
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 2:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΙΑ.
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.
- ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΙΑ — boasting, a boasting, arrogance, pride, vainglory
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