STRONGS G3166:
μεγαλαυχέω,
μεγαλαύχω; (
μεγάλαυχος, and this from
μεγάλα and
αὐχέω);
to be grandiloquent; to boast great things, to bear oneself loftily in speech or action:
ἡ γλῶσσα μεγάλαυχεῖ (
L T Tr WH μεγάλα αὐχεῖ),
James 3:5, where it seems to denote any kind of haughty language which wounds and provokes others, and stirs up strife. (
Aeschylus Ag. 1528;
Polybius 12, 13, 10; 8, 23, 11;
Diodorus 15, 16, others; middle
γυναῖκα πρός Θεούς ἐριζουσαν καί μεγαλαυχουμενην,
Plato, rep. 3, p. 395 d.; for
גָּבָה, to exalt oneself, carry oneself haughtily,
Ezekiel 16:50;
Zephaniah 3:11; add, 2 Macc. 15:32; Sir. 48:18.)
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