καύχημα kauchēma
Greek word for “pride” · Strong’s G2745 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
καύχημα, -τος, τό; (καυχάομαι);
How it is translated
Glosses given for kauchēma in context, with how often each is used:
- boasting 7
- ground of boasting 2
- boast 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Corinthians | 3 | 0.4 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 3 | 0.7 | |
| Philippians | 2 | 1.2 | |
| Romans | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Galatians | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Hebrews | 1 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Corinthians 9 (2), Romans 4 (1), 1 Corinthians 5 (1), 2 Corinthians 1 (1), 2 Corinthians 5 (1), 2 Corinthians 9 (1), Galatians 6 (1), Philippians 1 (1), Philippians 2 (1), Hebrews 3 (1)
Forms
- καύχημα 9
- καύχημά 1
- καυχήματος 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kauchēma more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- κενόω kenoō “to empty” 2
- μέρος meros “part” 2
- καλός kalos “good” 2
- πάλιν palin “again” 2
- ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2
- ἔργον ergon “work” 2
- καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 2
- ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
- ἐάν ean “if” 2
- ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2
Key verses
The verses using kauchēma that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Romans 4:2 — For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6 — Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- 1 Corinthians 9:15 — But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any…
- 1 Corinthians 9:16 — For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
- 2 Corinthians 1:14 — As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 5:12 — For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance,…
- 2 Corinthians 9:3 — Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
- Galatians 6:4 — But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
- Philippians 1:26 — That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
- Philippians 2:16 — Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
- Hebrews 3:6 — But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
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.