King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G850
Transliteration: auchmēros
Phonetic Spelling: (owkh-may-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: to boast
Meaning: to boast
αὐχμηρός, ἀυχμηρα, ἀυχμηρον (αὐχμέω to be squalid), squalid, dirty (Xenophon, Plato, and following), and since dirty things are destitute of brightness, dark: 2 Peter 1:19, Aristotle, de color. 3 τό λαμπρόν ἤ στιλβον ... ἤ τοὐναντίον ἀυχμηρον καί ἀλαμπες. (Hesychius, Suidas, Pollux).
Word Summary
auchmēros: to boast
Original Word: αὐχμηρόςTransliteration: auchmēros
Phonetic Spelling: (owkh-may-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: to boast
Meaning: to boast
Strong's Concordance
dark, gloomyFrom auchmos (probably from a base akin to that of aer) (dust, as dried by wind); properly, dirty, i.e. (by implication) obscure -- dark.
see GREEK aer
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 850: αὐχμηρόςαὐχμηρός, ἀυχμηρα, ἀυχμηρον (αὐχμέω to be squalid), squalid, dirty (Xenophon, Plato, and following), and since dirty things are destitute of brightness, dark: 2 Peter 1:19, Aristotle, de color. 3 τό λαμπρόν ἤ στιλβον ... ἤ τοὐναντίον ἀυχμηρον καί ἀλαμπες. (Hesychius, Suidas, Pollux).