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GreekG2745Noun (Neuter)

καύχημα

kauchēma

11Occurrences
G2745Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a boast (properly, the object; by implication, the act) in a good or a bad sense

from G2744 (καυχάομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a boast
2.ground or matter of glorying
LXX: chiefly for תְּהִלָּה, תִּפְאָרָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

καύχημα appears 11 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
3
2 Corinthians
3
Philippians
2
Galatians
1
Hebrews
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 5:6BSB

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 9:16BSB

Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

2 Corinthians 5:12BSB

We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

Galatians 6:4BSB

Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

Philippians 1:26BSB

so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.

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