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Strong’s G3166 · Greek

μεγαλαυχέω

megalauchéō · meg-al-ow-kheh'-o

Origin from a compound of μέγας (G3173) and αὐχέω (to boast;

Meaning akin to αὐξάνω (G837) and καυχάομαι (G2744)); to talk big, i.e. be grandiloquent (arrogant, egotistic)

In the King James Version boast great things.

In 1 verse of the King James Version

  1. James 3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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