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ἀλαζονεία

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀλαζονεία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
alazoneia
Simplified transliteration: 
alazoneia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
212
GK Number: 
224
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
boasting, pretension, arrogance
Definition: 
arrogance; presumptuous speech, Jas. 4:16; haughtiness, 1 Jn. 2:16*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀλαζονεία

James 4:16 But as it is, you are making arrogant (alazoneiais | ἀλαζονείαις | dat pl fem) boasts; all such boasting is evil.
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride (alazoneia | ἀλαζονεία | nom sg fem) of possession — is not from the Father but from the world.