Lexicon :: Strong's G2746 - kauchēsis

καύχησις

Transliteration

kauchēsis (Key)

Pronunciation

kow'-khay-sis

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From καυχάομαι (G2744)

Greek Inflections of καύχησις [?]

mGNT
11x in 3 unique form(s) TR
12x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
9x in 2 unique form(s)

καυχήσεως — 4x

καύχησιν — 2x

καύχησις — 6x

καυχήσεως — 3x

καύχησιν — 2x

καύχησις — 6x

καυχήσεώς — 4x

καυχήσεως — 5x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:645,423

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

καύχησις kaúchēsis, kow'-khay-sis; from G2744; boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense:—boasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2746 in the following manner: boasting (6x), rejoicing (4x), glorying (1x), whereof I may glory (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2746 in the following manner: boasting (6x), rejoicing (4x), glorying (1x), whereof I may glory (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

the act of glorying

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

καύχησις kaúchēsis, kow'-khay-sis; from G2744; boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense:—boasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G2746:

καύχησις, καυχήσεως, ἡ (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.)

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs: 16:31
Ezekiel: 16:12
Romans: 3:27; 15:17
1 Corinthians: 15:31
2 Corinthians: 1:12; 7:4; 7:14; 8:24; 9:4; 11:10; 11:17
1 Thessalonians: 2:19
James: 4:16

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G2746 matches the Greek καύχησις (kauchēsis),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Rom 3:27

Rom 3:27 - Where is boasting^G2746 then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Rom 15:17

Rom 15:17 - I have therefore whereof I may glory^G2746 through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

1Co 15:31

1Co 15:31 - I protest by your rejoicing^G2746 which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

2Co 1:12

2Co 1:12 - For our rejoicing^G2746 is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2Co 7:4

2Co 7:4 - Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying^G2746 of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

2Co 7:14

2Co 7:14 - For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting,^G2746 which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

2Co 8:24

2Co 8:24 - Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting^G2746 on your behalf.

2Co 9:4

2Co 9:4 - Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.^G2746

2Co 11:10

2Co 11:10 - As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting^G2746 in the regions of Achaia.

2Co 11:17

2Co 11:17 - That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.^G2746

1Th 2:19

1Th 2:19 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing?^G2746 Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

Jas 4:16

Jas 4:16 - But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing^G2746 is evil.