noun · neuter
kauchēmem
Strong’sG2745
a boasting
stem kauchēm-11 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
καύχημα, -τος, τό
(< καυχάομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תְּהִלָּה, תִּפְאֶרֶה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2745 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkow'-khay-mah
a boast (properly, the object; by implication, the act) in a good or a bad sense
Fromfrom G2744;
King Jamesboasting, (whereof) to glory (of), glorying, rejoice(-ing).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect καύχ-ᾱμα, ατος, τό, a boast, vaunt, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 subject of boasting, NT+2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | kauchēmem5×καύχημα | kauchēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | kauchēmeu1×καυχήματος | kauchēmeiu |
| to, for dative | kauchēme | kauchēmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kauchēme 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
kauchēmem“boasting”subject or objectdirect singular5×
1 Corinthians 5:6Ouk kalem tem kauchēmem vu. ouk oidavē hoti mikras zumas …Your boasting is not good. Do you not …
1 Corinthians 9:16ean gar euangelizomeiō, ouk atō mi kauchēmem, anankas gar mi epikeiotō; ouai gar …… gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach …
2 Corinthians 1:14… kai epignōskava nin apo mereu, hoti kauchēmem vu anō kathaper kai vis nu …… us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will …
2 Corinthians 9:3… de toin adelfoin, hina mē tem kauchēmem nu tem huper vu keniteia en …… the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should …
Philippians 1:26“boasting”hina tem kauchēmem vu perisseuateiō en Christo Iēso en …so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound …
kauchēmeu“boast”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Corinthians 5:12“boast”… sustēanō vi, alla aforman dōarōntois vi kauchēmeu huper nu, hina echaveiō pros toin …… are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take …
kauchēmem5×
Romans 4:2… gar Abraam ek ergeiu dikaiita, echatō kauchēmem; alla ouk pros theon,… indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
1 Corinthians 9:15… gar mi mallon apothnēskara ē tem kauchēmem mu oudenos kenati.… die than let anyone nullify my boast.
Galatians 6:4“boasting”… kai tote eis heauton monon tem kauchēmem echati kai ouk eis ton heteron,… own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
Philippians 2:16logon zōau epecharōntois, eis kauchēmem mi eis hēmeran Christou, hoti ouk …… life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that …
Hebrews 3:6… nis, ean tan parrēsian kai tem kauchēmem tau elpidau katechaneia.… and the hope of which we boast.