Definition
ἀλαζών, -όνος, ὁ, ἡ
(ἄλη, wandering) [in LXX: Job 28:8 (שַׁחַץ) Habakkuk 2:5 (יָהִיר), Proverbs 21:24 (לוּץ)* ;]
prop, a vagabond, hence, an impostor, a boaster: Romans 1:30, 2 Timothy 3:2.
Synonyms: ὐβριστής, ὑπερήφανος (see Tr., Syn., § xxix; Lft., Notes, 256)
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀλαζών:
- יָהִירya.hir“proud”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2 total
- Romans 1:30ἀλαζόνας · [and] boastful…slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
- 2 Timothy 3:2ἀλαζόνες · boastfulFor men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,