Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #212: alazoneia (pronounced al-ad-zon-i'-a)

from 213; braggadocio, i.e. (by implication) self-confidence:--boasting, pride.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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alazoneia

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 earthy things

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G213

Citing in TDNT: 1:226, 36

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

James 4:16: "ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is"
1 John 2:16: "eyes, and the pride of life, is not of"