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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 212. ἀλαζονεία (alazoneia) -- Boastfulness, arrogance, pride</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/212.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/2-7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/212.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 212</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/211.htm" title="211">◄</a> 212. alazoneia <a href="../greek/213.htm" title="213">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">alazoneia: Boastfulness, arrogance, pride</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἀλαζονεία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>alazoneia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>al-ad-zon-I-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(al-ad-zon-i'-a)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Boastfulness, arrogance, pride<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>boasting, show, arrogant display, ostentation; plur: occasions of ostentation.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from ἀλαζών (alazōn), meaning "boastful" or "arrogant."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "alazoneia," similar concepts can be found in words like גַּאֲוָה (ga'avah), meaning "pride" or "arrogance," and זָדוֹן (zadon), meaning "insolence" or "presumptuousness."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "alazoneia" refers to a form of pride or arrogance that is often associated with an overestimation of one's own importance or abilities. It is a negative trait that is condemned as it leads individuals away from reliance on God and towards self-reliance and self-exaltation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, boasting and arrogance were often seen as undesirable traits, particularly in philosophical circles that valued humility and self-control. However, in a society that also valued honor and status, boasting could be a way to assert one's position or achievements. The New Testament writers, influenced by Jewish teachings on humility and the example of Christ, consistently warn against such attitudes.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>212</b> <i>alazoneía</i> (a feminine noun derived from <i>alē</i>, "wandering, roaming") – properly, a vagabond ("quack"), making empty boasts about having "cures" to rid people of all their ills (even by producing "wonders," etc.).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/213.htm">alazón</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>boastfulness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>arrogance (1), boastful pride (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 212: ἀλαζονεία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἀλαζονεία</span></span>, and <span class="greek2">ἀλαζονία</span> (which spelling, not uncommon in later Greek, <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> adopt (see Iota)), <span class="greek2">ἀλαζονείας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="greek2">ἀλαζονεύομαι</span>, i. e. to act the <span class="greek2">ἀλαζών</span>, which see); <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> in secular writings (from <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span> down) generally <span class="accented">empty, bragqart talk</span> sometimes also <span class="accented">empty display in act, swagger.</span> For illustration see <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, Cyril 2, 2, 12; mem. 1, 7; <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, eth. Nic. 4, 13, p. 1127, Bekker edition; (also <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § xxix.), b. "an insolent and empty assurance, which trusts in its own power and resources and shamefully despises and violates divine laws and human riqhts:" 2 Macc. 9:8; Wis. 5:8. <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> <span class="accented">an impious and empty presumption which trusts in the stability of earthly things,</span> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">vaunting</span>): <a href="/interlinear/james/4-16.htm">James 4:16</a> (where the plural has reference to the various occasions on which this presumption shows itself; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 27, 3; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 77 (67))); <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">βίου</span>, <span class="accented">display in one's style of living,</span> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">vainglory</span>), <a href="/interlinear/1_john/2-16.htm">1 John 2:16</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>boasting, pride, arrogance.<p>From <a href="/greek/213.htm">alazon</a>; braggadocio, i.e. (by implication) self-confidence -- boasting, pride. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/213.htm">alazon</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>αλαζονεία ἀλαζονεία αλαζονείαις ἀλαζονείαις αλαζονεύου αλαζονια ἀλαζονία αλαζονιαις ἀλαζονίαις alazoneia alazoneía alazoneiais alazoneíais<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/james/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 4:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Plural">N-DFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν ταῖς <b>ἀλαζονείαις</b> ὑμῶν πᾶσα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But as it is, you boast <span class="itali">in your arrogance;</span> all<br><a href="/kjvs/james/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in your <span class="itali">boastings:</span> all such<br><a href="/interlinear/james/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">arrogance</span> of you all<p><b><a href="/text/1_john/2-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 John 2:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἡ <b>ἀλαζονεία</b> τοῦ βίου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_john/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the eyes <span class="itali">and the boastful pride</span> of life,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_john/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the eyes, and <span class="itali">the pride</span> of life, is<br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/2-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">vaunting</span> of the of life<p><b><a href="/greek/212.htm">Strong's Greek 212</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_212.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/alazoneia_212.htm">ἀλαζονεία — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/alazoneiais_212.htm">ἀλαζονείαις — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/211.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="211"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="211" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/213.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="213"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="213" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>