noun · feminine
kauchēsias
Greekκαύχησις (kauchēsis)
Strong’sG2746
the act of boasting, exultation
stem kauchēsi-11 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† καύχησις, -εως, ἡ
(< καυχάομαι), [in LXX for תִּפְאֶרֶה (I Ch 29:13, Ez 16:12, al);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2746 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkow'-khay-sis
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Fromfrom G2744;
King Jamesboasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kauchēsias6×καύχησις | kauchēsiais |
| object accusative | kauchēsian2×καύχησιν | kauchēsiain |
| direct address vocative | kauchēsiar | kauchēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | kauchēsiau3×καυχήσεως | kauchēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | kauchēsia | kauchēsiai |
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
kauchēsia 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
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
kauchēsias“boasting”subjectnominative singular6×
Romans 3:27“boasting”Pou oun tas kauchēsias? ekkleiita. dia poiou nomou? teiu ergeiu? ouchi, alla dia nomou pistiau.Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
2 Corinthians 1:12“boast”Tas gar kauchēsias nu houtas atō, tem marturiem tau suneidēsiau nu, hoti en hagiota kai eilikrineia tou theou, ouk en sofia sarkika alla en charia theou, anastrefina en to kosmo, perissoterōs de pros vin;For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God — not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 7:4“pride”pollas mi parrēsias pros vin, pollas mi kauchēsias huper vu; plērimē ta paraklēsia, huperperisseuimō ta chara epi panta ta thlipsia nu.Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
2 Corinthians 7:14“boasting”hoti ei tinem auto huper vu kauchemē, ouk kataischunima, alla hōs panteim en alētheia lalana vi, houtōs kai tas kauchēsias nu tas epi Titou alētheias ginita.Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
2 Corinthians 11:10“boasting”atō alētheias Christou en mi hoti tas kauchēsias houtas ouk frassiti eis min en tei klimei tau Achaiau.As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
James 4:16“boasting”nun de kauchevō en tai alazoneiai vu; pantas kauchēsias toioutas ponēras atō.As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
kauchēsian“boasting”objectaccusative singular2×
Romans 15:17“reason to boast”echamō oun tan kauchēsian en Christo Iēso teim pros ton theon;Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
1 Corinthians 15:31“boasting”kata hēmeran apothnēskamō, nē tan humeteran kauchēsian, han echamō en Christo Iēso to kurio nu.I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
kauchēsiau“boasting”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
2 Corinthians 8:24“boasting”tan oun endeixian tau agapau vu kai nu kauchēsiau huper vu eis autoin endeiknuerōtois eis prosōpem taiu ekklēsaiu.In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
2 Corinthians 11:17“boasting”hem lalamō ouk kata kurion lalamō, alla hōs en afrosuna, en houta ta hupostasia tau kauchēsiau.In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
1 Thessalonians 2:19“boasting”tinas gar nu elpias ē charas ē stefanos kauchēsiau ē ouchi kai vis emprosthen tou kuriou nu Iēsu en ta autou parousia?After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?