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BOAST, Gr. to inflate L. fastus.
1. To brag,or vaunt one's self to make an ostentatious display, in speech, of one's own worth, property, or actions.
2. To glory to speak with laudable pride and ostentation of meritorious persons or things.
I boast of you to them of Macedonia. St. Paul. 2. Cor 9
Usually, it is followed by of sometimes by in.
3. To exalt one's self.
With your mouth you have boasted against me. Ezek.
BOAST, To display in ostentatious language to speak of with pride, vanity or exultation, with a view to self-commendation.
Lest men should boast their specious deeds.
1. Magnify or exalt.
They boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. Psalms 49
2. To exult in confident expectation.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow. Proverbs 27
BOAST, n. Expression of ostentation, pride or vanity a vaunting.
Thou makest thy boast of the law. Rom.2
1. The cause of boasting occasion of pride, vanity, or laudable exultation.
Trial by peers is the boast of the British nation.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Boast'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​b/boast.html.
Entry for 'Boast'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​b/boast.html.