ἘΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΟΥΝ, ἐμεγαλαυχουν
EMEGALAUCHOUN, emegalauchoun
Sounds Like: eh-meh-gah-LA-khoo-oon
Translations: they boasted, they bragged, they gloried
From the root: ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of boasting, bragging, or glorifying oneself. It is used to indicate that a group of people were continuously or repeatedly engaging in such behavior in the past. It implies an attitude of excessive pride or self-importance.
Inflection: Imperfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3166 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 16:50
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
- 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
- ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΕΙΝ — to boast, to brag, to be arrogant, to speak boastfully
- ΜΕΓΑΛΑΥΧΗΣΑΙ — to boast greatly, to be arrogant, to be proud, to vaunt oneself
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