Vainglory, Vainglorious - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Vainglory, Vainglorious

[ A-1,Noun,G2754, kenodoxia ]
from kenos, vain, empty," doxa, "glory," is used in Philippians 2:3.

[ A-2,Noun,G212, alazoneia[-ia] ]
denotes "boastfulness, vaunting," translated "vainglory" in 1 John 2:16, RV (AV, "pride"); in James 4:16, RV, "vauntings" (AV, "boastings"). Cp. alazon, "a boaster."

[ B-1,Adjective,G2755, kenodoxos ]
akin to A, No. 1, is rendered "vainglorious" in Galatians 5:26, RV (AV, "desirous of vain glory").

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