ἀλαζονεία: Difference between revisions

|txtha=and [[ἀλαζονία]] ([[which]] spelling, [[not]] [[uncommon]] in [[later]] Greek, T WH [[adopt]] ([[see]] Iota)), ἀλαζονείας, ἡ (from [[ἀλαζονεύομαι]], i. e. to [[act]] the [[ἀλαζών]], [[which]] [[see]]);<br /><b class="num">a.</b> in [[secular]] writings (from [[Aristophanes]] down) [[generally]] [[empty]], [[braggart]] [[talk]] [[sometimes]] [[also]] [[empty]] [[display]] in Acts, [[swagger]]. For [[illustration]] [[see]] [[Xenophon]], Cyril 2,2, 12; mem. 1,7; [[Aristotle]], eth. Nic. 4,13, p. 1127, Bekker edition; ([[also]] Trench, § xxix.), b. "an [[insolent]] and [[empty]] [[assurance]], [[which]] trusts in its [[own]] [[power]] and [[resources]] and [[shamefully]] despises and violates [[divine]] laws and [[human]] rights:" an [[impious]] and [[empty]] [[presumption]] [[which]] trusts in the [[stability]] of [[earthly]] things, (R. V. [[vaunting]]): Winer's Grammar, § 27,3; Buttmann, 77 (67))); τοῦ βίου, [[display]] in [[one]]'s [[style]] of [[living]], (R. V. [[vainglory]]), 1 John 2:16.