Lexical Definition
καυχάομαι kaucháomai (kow-khah'-om-ahee) to boast G:V
from some (obsolete) base akin to that of
(make) boast, glory, joy, rejoice.
- to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| κεκαύχημαι | I have boasted | 2Cor.7.14 |
| καυχῶνται | boast | 2Cor.11.18 |
| they are boasting | 2Cor.11.12 | |
| καυχῶμαι | I boast of | 2Cor.9.2 |
| καυχᾶσθε | you boast | Jas.4.16 |
| καυχᾶσθαι | to boast | 2Cor.11.30 • 2Cor.12.1 • Gal.6.14 |
| καυχᾶσαι | boast | Rom.2.23 |
| boast you | 1Cor.4.7 | |
| you boast | Rom.2.17 | |
| καυχώμενοσ | boasting | LXX.Jer.9.24 • 1Cor.1.31 • 2Cor.10.17 • 2Cor.12.11 |
| καυχώμενοι | boasting | 2Cor.10.15 |
| glorying | Phil.3.3 | |
| men boasting | LXX.Prov.25.14 | |
| ones boasting | LXX.Ps.49.6 | |
| we are rejoicing | Rom.5.11 | |
| καυχώμεθα | we boast | Rom.5.2 |
| we glory | Rom.5.3 | |
| καυχώ | boast | LXX.Prov.27.1 |
| καυχωμένουσ | boasting | 2Cor.5.12 |
| καυχησόμεθα | will boast | 2Cor.10.13 |
| καυχήσωνται | they may boast | Gal.6.13 |
| καυχήσωμαι | I may boast | 1Cor.13.3 |
| I shall boast | 2Cor.10.8 | |
| may boast | 2Cor.11.16 | |
| καυχήσονται | boast | LXX.Ps.94.3 |
| shall boast | LXX.Ps.5.11 • LXX.Ps.149.5 | |
| they shall boast | LXX.Zech.10.12 | |
| καυχήσομαι | I will boast | 2Cor.11.30 • 2Cor.12.5 • 2Cor.12.5 |
| will I boast | 2Cor.12.9 | |
| will boast | 2Cor.11.18 | |
| καυχήσηται | Israel should boast | LXX.Judg.7.2 |
| may boast | 1Cor.1.29 • Eph.2.9 | |
| καυχήσεται | he shall boast | LXX.Prov.20.14 |
| shall boast | LXX.Prov.20.9 | |
| καυχήσασθαι | to boast | 2Cor.10.16 • 2Cor.12.6 |
| καυχάσθω | boast | LXX.1Kgs.20.11 • LXX.Jer.9.23 • LXX.Jer.9.23 • LXX.Jer.9.23 |
| he should boast | 1Cor.1.31 • 2Cor.10.17 | |
| let him boast | LXX.Jer.9.24 | |
| should boast | 1Cor.3.21 • Jas.1.9 | |
| καυχάσθε | boast | LXX.1Sam.2.3 • LXX.Ps.32.11 |
| καυχάσθαι | to boast | LXX.1Chr.16.35 |
Abbott-Smith
καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι, [in LXX for הלל hith., etc.;]
to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.; cf. DB, ii, 790b; Hort on Ja 1:9): absol., I Co 1:31(LXX) I Co 4:7 13:3, II Co 10:13, 17(LXX) 11:16, 18 12:1, 6, Eph 2:9, Ja 4:16; c. acc. rei, II Co 9:2 11:30; seq. ἐν (LXX), Ro 2:23 5:3, I Co 3:21, II Co 5:12 10:15 11:12 12:5, 9, Ga 6:13, 14, Ja 1:9; ἐν (τ.) θεῷ, Ro 2:17 5:11; ἐν κυρίῳ, I Co 1:31(LXX), II Co 10:17(LXX); ἐν Χ. Ἰησοῦ, Phl 3:3; seq. ἐπί c. dat., Ro 5:2; περί, c. gen., II Co 10:8; εἰς, II Co 10:16; ὑπέρ, c. gen. pers., II Co 7:14 12:5; ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ, I Co 1:29 (cf. ἐν, κατα-καυχάομαι).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Romans | 2:17 · 2:23 · 5:2 · 5:3 · 5:11 |
| 1 Corinthians | 1:29 · 1:31 · 3:21 · 4:7 · 13:3 |
| 2 Corinthians | 5:12 · 7:14 · 9:2 · 10:8 · 10:13 · 10:15 · 10:16 · 10:17 · 11:12 · 11:16 · 11:18 · 11:30 · 12:1 · 12:5 · 12:6 · 12:9 |
| Galatians | 6:13 · 6:14 |
| Ephesians | 2:9 |
| Philippians | 3:3 |
| James | 1:9 · 4:16 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
καυχάομαι-άομαι,
Doric dialect καυχάομαιέομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular καυχάομαιᾶσαι in late Gr., as [NT]: future -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκαυχάομαιησάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect optative καυχάομαιάσαιτο [Refs 7th c.BC+]: perfect κεκαύχημαι [NT]:—active, [Refs]:— speak loud, be loud-tongued, κ. παρὰ καιρόν [Refs 5th c.BC+], cf. Eup.[same place], etc.; boast, vaunt oneself, ἐπ᾽ αἰζηοῖσι κ. μέγα [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; ἔν τινι: c.accusative et infinitive, aorist or present, boast that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place], etc.: with participle, boast of doing or being, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with accusative, boast of, [καυχάομαιᾶτο 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.35 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus: with \_dative\_, κάλλει “Anthologia Graeca” 12.234 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus). ">NT+4th c.BC+]