Original Word: κενδοξία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kenodoxia
Pronunciation: ken-od-ox-ee'-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (ken-od-ox-ee'-ah)
KJV: vain-glory
NASB: empty conceit
Word Origin: [from G2755 (κενόδοξος - boastful)]

1. empty glorying, i.e. self-conceit

vainglory, vanity, conceit

From kenodoxos; empty glorying, i.e. Self-conceit -- vain-glory.

see GREEK kenodoxos

Cognate: 2754 kenodoksía – "a state of pride which is without basis or justification – 'empty pride, cheap pride, vain pride' " (L & N, 1, 88.221), used only in Phil 2:3. See 2755 (kenodoksos).

Word Origin
from kenodoxos
Definition
vainglory
NASB Translation
empty conceit (1).

STRONGS NT 2754: κενοδοξία

κενοδοξία, κενοδοξίας, ἡ (κενόδοξος, which see), vain-glory, groundless self-esteem, empty pride: Philippians 2:3. (4 Macc. 2:15; 8:18; Polybius, Plutarch, Lucian; (Philo de mut. nom. § 15; leg. ad Gaium § 16; etc.); ecclesiastical writings; universally, a vain opinion, error, Wis. 14:14.)

Forms and Transliterations

κενοδοξιαν κενοδοξίαν kenodoxian kenodoxían

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