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κατακαυχάομαι

katakaucháomai · G2620 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to boast against, to degrade

    To boast about something by downgrading something else

    Examples

    Romans 11:18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

    James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

  2. to despise, to look down on

    To despise, with the implication of regarding oneself as superior

    Examples

    Romans 11:18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

    James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

  3. to be more powerful than, to triumph over

    To have greater power or potential than

    Examples

    James 2:13 For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 4 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries
To boast against, to degrade33.370
In Romans 11:18, Paul warns the Gentile believers, “do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you,” using this word for the act of boasting against another in a way that degrades them.
To be more powerful than, to triumph over74.11
In James 2:13, James writes, “mercy triumphs over judgment,” using this word for the act of proving more powerful than and prevailing over something else.
To despise, to look down on88.194
In James 3:14, James warns, “if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant, and so lie against the truth,” using this word for an attitude of boastful contempt that looks down on others.
To boast33.368
In 2 Thessalonians 1:4, Paul writes, “we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith,” using this word simply for the act of boasting, without the added edge of degrading someone else.
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

καυχάομαι kaucháomai · G2744 · to boast · 36×καύχημα kaúchēma · G2745 · to boast, what one boasts about · 11×καύχησις kaúchēsis · G2746 · to boast, what one boasts about · 11×κατακαυχάομαιkatakaucháomai · G2620στατήρ statḗr · G4715 · stater, coin · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κατακαυχωμαι, 2 person singular κατακαυχᾶσαι (contracted from κατακαυχαεσαι) for the…
κατακαυχωμαι, 2 person singular κατακαυχᾶσαι (contracted from κατακαυχαεσαι) for the Attic κατακαυχα (Rom 11:18; cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 b.; (Buttmann, 42 (37); Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 40f; Tdf. Proleg., p. 123f); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 360), imperative 2 person singular κατακαυχῶ (Rom 11:18); (κατά against (cf. κατά, III. 7)); properly, to glory against, to exult over, to boast oneself to the injury of(a person or a thing): τίνος, Rom 11:18; Tdf. in Jas 3:14; κατά τίνος, ibid. R G L Tr WH (Buttmann, 185 (160); Winer's Grammar, § 30, 9 b. (cf. 432 (402))); ἔλεος (equivalent to ὁ ἐλεῶν) κατακαυχᾶται κρίσεως, mercy boasts itself superior to judgment, i. e. full of glad confidence has no fear of judgment, Jas 2:13. (Zech 10:12; Jer 27:10, 27:38 (Jer 50:10, Jer 50:38), not found in secular authors.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Boast3 occurrencesAble, Capable1 occurrenceDespise, Scorn, Contempt3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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