Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀλαζονεία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
alazoneia
Simplified transliteration
alazoneia
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. |