Quick Definition
the act of boasting, exultation
Strong's Definition
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Derivation: from G2744 (καυχάομαι);
KJV Usage: boasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καύχησις, καυχήσεως, ἡ (καυχάομαι), the act of glorying: Rom_3:27; 2Co_9:4 Rec.; 2Co_11:10; 2Co_11:17; Jas_4:16; στέφανος καυχήσεως, crown of which we can boast, 1Th_2:19; Eze_16:12; Pro_16:31; ὑπέρ τίνος (on behalf) of one (cf. καυχάομαι, under the end), 2Co_7:4; 2Co_8:24; ἐπί τίνος, before one, 2Co_7:14; ἔχω (τήν critical editions) καύχησιν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, the glorying which I have I ascribe to Christ, or I owe it to Christ that I am permitted to glow (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b), Rom_15:17; 1Co_15:31; that of which one glories, cause of glorying, 2Co_1:12. (The Sept. several times for ϊΔΜτΐΰΖψΖϊ; ((Diogenes Laërtius 10, 7 at the end); Philod. in Vol. Hercul. Oxfort. i., p. 16.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καύχησις kauchēsis 11x
boasting, pr ide, a later equivalent to καύχημαι , Rom_3:27 ; 2Co_7:4 ; 2Co_7:14 ; 2Co_11:10 boast; glory; pride.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† καύχησις , -εως , ἡ
( < καυχάομαι ),
[in LXX for H8597 ( 1Ch_29:13 , Eze_16:12 , al );]
a boasting, glorying: Rom_3:27 , 2Co_11:10 ; 2Co_11:17 , Jas_4:16 ; seq . ὑπέρ , 2Co_7:4 ; 2Co_8:24 ; ἐτί , c . gen ., 2Co_7:14 ; ἔχω τὴν κ . ἐν Χρ . Ἰησ ., Rom_15:17 ; στέφανος καυχήσεως (Ez. l.c ., al .), 1Th_2:19 ; of the cause of glorying, a boast ( = καύχημα ), 2Co_1:12 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καύχησις καύχησις, εως [Etym: καυχάομαι] "reason to boast", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
καύχησις, -εως, ἡ
(καυχάομαι), [in LXX for תִּפְאָרָה (1Ch.29:13, Eze.16:12, al) ;]
a boasting, glorying: Rom.3:27, 2Co.11:10 11:17, Jas.4:16; before ὑπέρ, 2Co.7:4 8:24; ἐτί, with genitive, 2Co.7:14; ἔχω τὴν κ. ἐν Χρ. Ἰησ., Rom.15:17; στέφανος καυχήσεως (Ez. l.with, al.), 1Th.2:19; of the cause of glorying, a boast ( = καύχημα), 2Co.1:12.†
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