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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94975" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94975" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) The thing which is boasted of. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) A game at cards similar to bluff. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. i.) To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; - often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. t.) To boast of. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (adv.) Proudly; boastfully. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1862" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1862" /> == | ||
<p> (μεγαλαυχέω , <i> '''''megalauchḗō''''' </i> , "proud brags"): Occurs only in the [[Apocrypha]] (2 Macc 15:32), not being sufficiently dignified to be given a place in the canonical [[Scriptures]] by the King James translators (compare [[Judith]] 16:5). </p> | <p> (μεγαλαυχέω , <i> ''''' megalauchḗō ''''' </i> , "proud brags"): Occurs only in the [[Apocrypha]] (2 Macc 15:32), not being sufficiently dignified to be given a place in the canonical [[Scriptures]] by the King James translators (compare [[Judith]] 16:5). </p> | ||
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Revision as of 15:17, 14 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
(2): (n.) The thing which is boasted of.
(3): (n.) A game at cards similar to bluff.
(4): (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
(5): (v. i.) To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; - often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.
(6): (v. t.) To boast of.
(7): (adv.) Proudly; boastfully.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
(μεγαλαυχέω , megalauchḗō , "proud brags"): Occurs only in the Apocrypha (2 Macc 15:32), not being sufficiently dignified to be given a place in the canonical Scriptures by the King James translators (compare Judith 16:5).
