Lexicon
κενόδοξος
kenodoxos
G2755
G:A Greek

conceited

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Kenodoxos describes the self-exalting attitude rejected alongside provoking and envying others.

The attested use identifies a self-exalting attitude that is rejected in a warning against provoking and envying one another.

Senses in use

  1. Self-exalting attitude toward others · dominant

    In Galatians 5:26, the nominative plural masculine form occurs in an exhortation not to become so characterized; the APB renders the clause, "Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Galatians 5:26, the APB presents the term within "Let us not become conceited"; This is only the clause-level presentation.

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