verb

auchamō

Greekαὐχέω (aucheō)

Strong’sG3166

I boast, am arrogant, vaunt

stem auch-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

boasts1×

What it means

* αὐχέω, -ῶ,

(< αὔχη, boasting),

to boast: c. acc. (MM, s.v.), μεγάλα αὐχεῖ (Rec. μεγαλαυχεῖ, q.v.), Ja 3:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3166 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmeg-al-ow-kheh'-o

akin to G837 and G2744); to talk big, i.e. be grandiloquent (arrogant, egotistic)

Fromfrom a compound of G3173 and αὐχέω (to boast;

King Jamesboast great things.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
auchatōαὐχεῖ	happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular	boasts	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	auchamō	auchame	auchami	auchama	auchamē	auchamelē
you 2nd person singular	auchasō	auchase	auchasi	auchasa	auchasē	auchaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	auchatō1×αὐχεῖ	auchate	auchati	auchata	auchatē	auchatelē
we 1st person plural	auchanō	auchane	auchani	auchana	auchanē	auchanelē
ye 2nd person plural	auchavō	auchave	auchavi	auchava	auchavē	auchavelē
they 3rd person plural	auchalō	auchale	auchali	auchala	auchalē	auchalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	auchameiō	auchameia	auchameiē
you 2nd person singular	auchaseiō	auchaseia	auchaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	auchateiō	auchateia	auchateiē
we 1st person plural	auchaneiō	auchaneia	auchaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	auchaveiō	auchaveia	auchaveiē
they 3rd person plural	auchaleiō	auchaleia	auchaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	auchasōr	auchasar	auchasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	auchatōr	auchatar	auchatēr
ye 2nd person plural	auchavōr	auchavar	auchavēr
they 3rd person plural	auchalōr	auchalar	auchalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	auchamoiō	auchamoia
you 2nd person singular	auchasoiō	auchasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	auchatoiō	auchatoia
we 1st person plural	auchanoiō	auchanoia
ye 2nd person plural	auchavoiō	auchavoia
they 3rd person plural	auchaloiō	auchaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	aucharō	auchari	auchara	aucharē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	aucharōtos	aucharitos	aucharatos	aucharētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

auchstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

auch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

auchatō“boasts”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×

James 3:5“boasts”houtōs kai tas glōssas mikrem melem atō kai megeim auchatō. Idou hēlikem purem hēlikan hulan anaptatō;In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.