Words the Bible translates as boast
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- halalהָלַלto boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
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- to praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- to shine: to give off light
- gadalגָּדַלto magnify oneself: to boast or act arrogantly, often defiantly against God or others
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- to grow up: to increase in size or to pass from childhood toward adulthood
- to become great: to grow in wealth, power, or standing until one is important
- to make great: to raise a child, promote a person, or exalt and praise God
- kauchaomaiκαυχάομαιto boast: to speak with pride about whatever you are counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- kauchēmaκαύχημαa boast: what a person can point to as a reason for pride, and the pride voiced in it
- kauchēsisκαύχησιςboasting: the act of saying out loud what you are proud of and counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- pa'arפָּאַרto make beautiful or glorious: to adorn, to bestow honor, or, of oneself, to display or claim splendor.
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- to go back over the branches of a harvested tree, to strip the boughs a second time.
- katakauchaomaiκατακαυχάομαιto boastnot studied yet
- perpereuomaiπερπερεύομαιto show off: to boast loudly and self-importantly, parading yourself for attention
- aucheōαὐχέωto boastnot studied yet
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