2746. kauchesis
Strong's Lexicon
kauchesis: Boasting, glorying, pride

Original Word: καύχησις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kauchesis
Pronunciation: KOW-khay-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (kow'-khay-sis)
Definition: Boasting, glorying, pride
Meaning: the act of boasting, glorying, exultation.

Word Origin: From the verb καυχάομαι (kauchaomai), meaning "to boast" or "to glory."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of boasting is הָלַל (halal), Strong's Hebrew 1984, which can mean to praise, boast, or glory.

Usage: The term "kauchesis" refers to the act of boasting or taking pride in something. In the New Testament, it is often used in the context of boasting in one's achievements, status, or spiritual accomplishments. However, it is also used positively to denote boasting in the Lord or in the work of Christ, emphasizing a reliance on divine rather than human strength.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, boasting was a common rhetorical device used to assert one's status, achievements, or virtues. It was often seen as a way to gain honor and recognition in society. However, the New Testament writers, particularly Paul, redefined boasting by contrasting worldly pride with boasting in the Lord, thus challenging the cultural norms of their time.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2746 kaúxēsis (a feminine noun) – boasting, which can either be in the "achievements" of self (negatively) or about God's grace (positively). See 2744 (kauχomai).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2746: καύχησις

καύχησις, καυχήσεως, (καυχάομαι), the act of glorying: Romans 3:27; 2 Corinthians 9:4 Rec.; 2 Corinthians 11:10, 17; James 4:16; στέφανος καυχήσεως, crown of which we can boast, 1 Thessalonians 2:19; Ezekiel 16:12; Proverbs 16:31; ὑπέρ τίνος (on behalf) of one (cf. καυχάομαι, under the end), 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 8:24; ἐπί τίνος, before one, 2 Corinthians 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), Romans 15:17; 1 Corinthians 15:31; that of which one glories, cause of glorying, 2 Corinthians 1:12. (The Sept. several times for תִּפְאֶרֶת; ((Diogenes Laërtius 10, 7 at the end); Philod. in Vol. Hercul. Oxfort. i., p. 16.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
boasting, glorying, rejoicing.

From kauchaomai; boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense -- boasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing.

see GREEK kauchaomai

Forms and Transliterations
καυχησεως καυχήσεως καυχήσεώς καυχησιν καύχησιν καυχησις καύχησις kaucheseos kauchēseōs kauchḗseos kauchḗseōs kauchesin kauchēsin kaúchesin kaúchēsin kauchesis kauchēsis kaúchesis kaúchēsis
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Romans 3:27 N-NFS
GRK: οὖν ἡ καύχησις ἐξεκλείσθη διὰ
NAS: then is boasting? It is excluded.
KJV: Where [is] boasting then?
INT: then [is] the boasting It was excluded Through

Romans 15:17 N-AFS
GRK: οὖν τὴν καύχησιν ἐν Χριστῷ
NAS: I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining
KJV: therefore whereof I may glory through
INT: therefore the boasting in Christ

1 Corinthians 15:31 N-AFS
GRK: τὴν ὑμετέραν καύχησιν ἀδελφοί ἣν
NAS: brethren, by the boasting in you which
INT: our boasting brothers which

2 Corinthians 1:12 N-NFS
GRK: Ἡ γὰρ καύχησις ἡμῶν αὕτη
NAS: For our proud confidence is this:
KJV: For our rejoicing is this,
INT: For [the] boasting of us this

2 Corinthians 7:4 N-NFS
GRK: πολλή μοι καύχησις ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν
NAS: in you; great is my boasting on your behalf.
KJV: great [is] my glorying of you:
INT: great to me boasting in respect of you

2 Corinthians 7:14 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ ἡ καύχησις ἡμῶν ἡ
NAS: so also our boasting before Titus
KJV: so our boasting, which [I made] before
INT: also the boasting of us which

2 Corinthians 8:24 N-GFS
GRK: καὶ ἡμῶν καυχήσεως ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν
NAS: of your love and of our reason for boasting about
KJV: and of our boasting on your
INT: and of our boasting about you

2 Corinthians 11:10 N-NFS
GRK: ὅτι ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ
NAS: is in me, this boasting of mine
KJV: me of this boasting in the regions
INT: that the boasting this not

2 Corinthians 11:17 N-GFS
GRK: ὑποστάσει τῆς καυχήσεως
NAS: in this confidence of boasting.
KJV: this confidence of boasting.
INT: confidence of boasting

1 Thessalonians 2:19 N-GFS
GRK: ἢ στέφανος καυχήσεως ἢ οὐχὶ
NAS: crown of exultation? Is it not even
KJV: or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not
INT: or crown of boasting or [are] not

James 4:16 N-NFS
GRK: ὑμῶν πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά
NAS: all such boasting is evil.
KJV: all such rejoicing is evil.
INT: of you all boasting such evil

Strong's Greek 2746
11 Occurrences


καυχήσεως — 3 Occ.
καύχησιν — 2 Occ.
καύχησις — 6 Occ.

















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