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GreekG2744Verb

καυχάομαι

kauchaomai

33Occurrences
G2744Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)

from some (obsolete) base akin to that of (to boast) and G2172 (εὔχομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.; cf. DB, ii, 790b; Hort on ): absol., (LXX) " (LXX),; (LXX); *ἐν *(τ.) θεῷ; ἐν κυρίῳ, (LXX) (LXX); ἐν Χ. Ἰησοῦ; with dative; περί, with genitive; εἰς; ὑπέρ, with genitive of person(s); ἐνώπιον θεοῦ.
LXX: for הָלַל hith., etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

καυχάομαι appears 33 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Corinthians
17
1 Corinthians
5
Romans
5
Galatians
2
James
2
Ephesians
1
Philippians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:29BSB

so that no one may boast in His presence.

2 Corinthians 10:13BSB

We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

2 Corinthians 11:18BSB

Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

2 Corinthians 12:11BSB

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

Galatians 6:14BSB

But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.