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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2754 - κενοδοξία

Transliteration

kenodoxía

Phonetics

ken-od-ox-ee'-ah

Origin

from (G2755)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

3:662,426

Definition

Thayer's

vain glory, groundless, self esteem, empty pride
a vain opinion, error

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Philippians

NAS (2)

Philippians

HCS (1)

Philippians

BSB (1)

Philippians

ESV (1)

Philippians

WEB (1)

Philippians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κενοδοξ-ία, ἡ,

I liability to vain imagination, Epicur. Sent. 30, Phld. Rh. 1.332 S.

II vanity, conceit, Plb. 3.81.9, LXX Wi. 14.14, D.S. 17.107, Ph. 2.47, Philippians 2:3, Plu. 2.57d, Porph. Mark 15:1-47; esp. of false prudery, Gal. 6.415.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

**† κενοδοξία , -ας , ἡ

(< κενόδοξος ),

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 14:14, 2 Maccabees 2:15; 2 Maccabees 8:10*;]

1. foolish fancy, vain opinion, error (LXX, ll. c.).

2. vainglory, groundless conceit: Philippians 2:3.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

To the usual late Greek citations for this word (Philippians 2:3) we may add Vett. Val. p. 358.31 ἀλλά τινες σφαλέντες καὶ θρυληθέντες ἐδυστύχησαν, ματαίαν τὴν ἐγχειρισθεῖσαν κτησάμενοι κενοδοξίαν. The Latins adopted this word.

List of Word Forms

κενοδοξιαν κενοδοξίαν kenodoxian kenodoxían

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