Word

καυχάομαι

kaucháomai · G2744 · Greek · 37 occurrences

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Meanings

to boast

To express an unusually high degree of confidence in someone or something being exceptionally noteworthy

Examples
Romans 2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the Law and boast in God,
Romans 2:23 You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?
Romans 5:2 through whom we also have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we celebrate in hope of the glory of God.

How it’s used In 9 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

37 occurrences in 16 groups

Not stated: I 8
Not stated (participle) 6
Not stated (infinitive) 5
Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 4 groups

ὅςwho, which, that 2
τὶςsomeone 2
λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
ἀσθένειαweakness, illness 1

To or for whomIndirect object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Μακεδώνa Macedonian 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

24 occurrences in 23 groups

Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (27) 27

With adverbsAdverbs

11 occurrences in 5 groups

μήnot 5
οὐnot 4
καίand 2
μᾶλλονmore, more than, to a greater degree 1
νῦνnow 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐγώI, we 1
κύριοςLord 1
προθυμίαeagerness 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

καυχάομαιto boast 2
ἀτιμάζωto treat shamefully 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

γράφωto write 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin 2
πρόςto, toward, with 2

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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Near synonyms 1 word

μεγαλαυχέω megalauchéō · G3166 · to boast: Both terms denote boastful or self-exalting speech. μεγαλαυχέω (megalauchéō, G3166) (occurring once) emphasizes grandiloquent or arrogant talk, while καυχάομαι (kaucháomai, G2744) (more broadly attested) encompasses vaunting in both positive and negative senses, making them functionally interchangeable expressions of boasting behavior, though the rarer term may carry a more intensified or pejorative connotation.

In the other Testament 1 word

הָלַל hâlal · H1984 · to shine, to flash forth, to emit (light): הָלַל (hâlal, H1984) הָלַל is the primary Hebrew verb for boasting/glorying that καυχάομαι (kaucháomai, G2744) καυχάομαι consistently renders in LXX contexts, sharing the same semantic range of self-praise or boasting (whether legitimate or arrogant).

Semantic domains 1 entry

To boast33.368: καυχάομαι is the ordinary verb for boasting or taking pride in something, whether legitimately or wrongly. In Romans 2:23, Paul confronts those “who boast in the Law,” asking whether their own lawbreaking dishonors the very God whose law they boast in.

Word family 5 words

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

καυχάομαιkaucháomai · G2744καύχημα kaúchēma · G2745 · to boast, what one boasts about · 11×καύχησις kaúchēsis · G2746 · to boast, what one boasts about · 11×κατακαυχάομαι katakaucháomai · G2620 · to boast against, to degrade, to despise · 5×στατήρ statḗr · G4715 · stater, coin · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καυχῶμαι, 2 person singular καυχᾶσαι (Rom 2:17, Rom 2:23; 1 Cor 4:7; see κατακαυχάομαι);…

καυχῶμαι, 2 person singular καυχᾶσαι (Rom 2:17, Rom 2:23; 1 Cor 4:7; see κατακαυχάομαι); future καυχήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐκαυχησαμην; perfect κεκαύχημαι; (καύχη a boast); (from Pindar and Herodotus down); the Sept. mostly for הִתְהַלֵּל; in the N. T. often used by Paul (some 35 times; by James twice); to glory (whether with reason or without): absolutely, 1 Cor 1:31a; 1 Cor 4:7; 1 Cor 13:3 L (stereotype edition, WH (see καίω)); (2 Cor 10:1),a; 2 Cor 11:16, 2 Cor 11:18, 2 Cor 12:1, 2 Cor 11:6, 2 Cor 11:11 Rec.; Eph 2:9; Jas 4:16; τί (accusative of the thing (cf. Winers Grammar, 222 (209))), to glory (on account) of a thing: 2 Cor 9:2 (ἥν καυχῶμαι ὑπέρ ὑμῶν Μακεδόσιν, which I boast of on your behalf unto the Macedonians (Buttmann, § 133, 1); cf. (and see below)); 2 Cor 11:30 (Prov 27:1; Lucian, ocyp. 120); followed by ἐν with the dative of the object (Winers Grammar, § 33 d.; Buttmann, § 133, 23), to glory in a thing (by a usage foreign to classical Greek; but the Latin saysglorior in aliquo): Rom 2:28; Rom 5:3; 1 Cor 3:21; 2 Cor 5:12; 2 Cor 10:15; 2 Cor 11:12 (cf. Buttmann, 106 (92)); 2 Cor 12:5, ; Gal 6:13; 2 Thess 1:4 R G; Jas 1:9 (Jer 9:23; 1 Chr 16:35); ἐν Θεῷ, ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, in God, i. e. the knowledge of God, intimacy with him, his favors, etc. Rom 2:17; Rom 5:11 (ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς, Theophilus ad Autol. 1, 1, 1); ἐν κυρίῳ, 1 Cor 1:31b; 2 Cor 10:17b; ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, Phm 3:3; followed by ἐπί with the dative of the object (cf. Winers Grammar, § 33 d.; Buttmann, § 133, 23), Rom 5:2 (Prov 25:14; Sir. 30:2: Diodorus 16:70); περί τίνος, 2 Cor 10:8; εἰς τί, in regard of, in reference to, 2 Cor 10:16 (Aristotle, pol. 5, 10, p. 1311, 4). ὑπέρ with the genitive of person, to one's advantage, to the praise of one (on one's behalf): 2 Cor 7:14; 2 Cor 12:5. ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, as though standing in his presence, 1 Cor 1:29 (cf. Buttmann, 17, 3 (150). Compare: ἐνκαυχάομαι, κατακαυχάομαι.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Boast72 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