Boast
Boast
To boast or block out a piece of stone or wood is to shape it into the simple form which approaches nearest to its ultimate figure, leaving the smaller details to be worked out afterwards. Sometimes capitals, corbels, etc., especially of the 13th century, are found in this state, never having been finished. A good example occurs in the crypt at Canterbury.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Boast
bost (, halal, to praise; , kauchaomai, to vaunt oneself, used both in a good and a bad sense): To praise God: In God have we made our boast all the day long (Psa 44:8); to praise oneself, to vaunt (Psa 10:3). In the New Testament the Revised Version (British and American) frequently translates glory, where the King James Version has boast, in a good sense (2Co 7:14). In the sense of self-righteousness (Eph 2:9; Rom 2:17, Rom 2:23). Boaster (, alazon, a braggart) occurs in the King James Version (Rom 1:30; 2Ti 3:2); the Revised Version (British and American) has boastful.