καυχάομαι kauchaomai

Greek word for “to boast” · Strong’s G2744 · used 37 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι; to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kauchaomai in context, with how often each is used:

• boast 12
• may boast 5
• boasting 5
• will boast 5
• should boast 4
• glory 1
• rejoicing 1
• have boasted 1
• shall boast 1
• will i boast 1
• glorying 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Corinthians 10 (5), 2 Corinthians 11 (4), 2 Corinthians 12 (4), Romans 5 (3), Romans 2 (2), 1 Corinthians 1 (2), Galatians 6 (2), 1 Corinthians 3 (1), 1 Corinthians 4 (1), 1 Corinthians 13 (1)

Forms

• καυχήσομαι 5
• καυχάσθω 4
• καυχᾶσαι 3
• καυχώμενοι 3
• καυχήσωμαι 3
• καυχώμεθα 2
• καυχήσηται 2
• καυχώμενος 2
• καυχήσασθαι 2
• καυχῶνται 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kauchaomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κανών kanōn “rule” 3
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 5
• εἰ ei “if” 7
• ἀσθένεια astheneia “weakness” 3
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 4
• ἄμετρος ametros “immoderate” 2
• ἀφορμή aphormē “opportunity” 2
• ἄφρων aphrōn “foolish” 2
• καύχησις kauchēsis “pride” 2
• ἀλλότριος allotrios “another’s” 2
• νόμος nomos “law” 3
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 3

Key verses

The verses using kauchaomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Romans 2:17 — Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
• Romans 5:2 — By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• Romans 5:3 — And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
• Romans 5:11 — And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
• 1 Corinthians 3:21 — Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
• 1 Corinthians 4:7 — For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst…
• 2 Corinthians 9:2 — For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
• 2 Corinthians 12:1 — It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,…
• Galatians 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
• Philippians 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• James 1:9 — Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.