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Greek

213. alazon -- vagabond, hence an impostor, boaster
... vagabond, hence an impostor, boaster. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
alazon Phonetic Spelling: (al-ad-zone') Short Definition: a boaster ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7294. Rahab -- "storm," a name for Eg.
... NASB Word Usage Rahab (2). Rahab. The same as rahab; Rahab (ie Boaster), an epithet
of Egypt -- Rahab. see HEBREW rahab. 7293, 7294. Rahab. 7295 . ...
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Library

Whether Boasting is Opposed to the virtue of Truth?
... himself; though sometimes a man takes to boasting, not from arrogance, but from
some kind of vanity, and delights therein, because he is a boaster by habit. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether boasting is opposed to.htm

2 Cor. x. 1, 2
... For since there were some amongst them who thought great things of themselves, and
set themselves above the Apostle, and accused him as a boaster, and as being ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxi 2 cor x.htm

Matt. xxvii. 27-29.
... passers by; and this was more grievous than all, that on the charge of being an
impostor and deceiver He suffered these things, and as a boaster, and vainly ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxxvii matt xxvii 27-29.htm

What Lasts, and what Passes Away.
... clay. Here is the man who made such a noise in the parish, such a boaster,
so quarrelsome, so litigious, no one could come near him. ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/lxii what lasts and what.htm

The Ignatian Epistles and their Claims. The Internal Evidence.
... Ignatius is still the same anti-evangelical formalist, the same puerile boaster,
the same dreaming mystic, and the same crazy fanatic. ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter iii the ignatian epistles.htm

2 Cor. I. 1, 4
... For there were even amongst them Jews who thought highly of themselves, and accused
Paul as being a boaster and worthy of no regard; whence also that speech of ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily i 2 cor i.htm

This Day are Opened, Our Mouths to Give Thanks
... From every boaster, He takes away his boasting, and gives it to His own grace. 3.
The sound of all mouths, is too little for Thy praise: for lo! ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn ii this day are.htm

God, Displeased with what had Been Done, Spoke to Samuel...
... Then the king promised a great reward and his daughter in marriage to any one who
should bring home the spoils of that boaster; but no one out of so great a ...
/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xxxiv god displeased with.htm

Now as Infinitely Absurd as this Conclusion Is, no one that ...
... neither has, nor ever can have a single farthing, but as it is freely given him
from charity, thereby declares himself to be a purse-proud vain boaster of his ...
/.../address 21 0 now as infinitely.htm

The Sophistry which He Employs to Prove Our Acknowledgment that He ...
... One would certainly answer to such a boaster that a trial in court is a very different
thing from a wine-contest, and that one who wins with the glass has ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 11 the sophistry which.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.

2. (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.

Thesaurus

Boaster (3 Occurrences)
...Boaster (3 Occurrences). James 2:20 But, idle boaster, are you willing to be
taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? ...
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Boasted (12 Occurrences)

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Boast (86 Occurrences)
...Boaster (alazon, "a braggart") occurs in the King James Version (Romans 1:30 2 Timothy
3:2); the Revised Version (British and American) has "boastful.". ...
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Understands (16 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 9:24 But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and
knowing Me, For I 'am' Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness ...
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Talker (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster;
a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Terrify (27 Occurrences)
... and wilt thou pursue dry stubble? (DBY YLT). Job 15:24 Terrify him do adversity
and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster. (YLT NAS RSV) ...
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Boasters (6 Occurrences)

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Boasts (18 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 9:24 But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and
knowing Me, For I 'am' Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness ...
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Adversity (54 Occurrences)
... lips. (See NAS). Job 15:24 Terrify him do adversity and distress, They
prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster. (YLT). Job ...
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Awful (20 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. 5. (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad;
great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. ...
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Bible Concordance

Boaster (3 Occurrences)

James 2:20 But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather.
(WEY)

Job 15:24 Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 9:24 But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I 'am' Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Boaster

Related Terms

Boasted (12 Occurrences)

Boast (86 Occurrences)

Understands (16 Occurrences)

Talker (3 Occurrences)

Terrify (27 Occurrences)

Boasters (6 Occurrences)

Boasts (18 Occurrences)

Adversity (54 Occurrences)

Awful (20 Occurrences)