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Lexicon :: Strong's G2746 - kauchēsis

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καύχησις
Transliteration
kauchēsis (Key)
Pronunciation
kow'-khay-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 3:645,423

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).

  1. 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.
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2746 matches the Greek καύχησις (kauchēsis),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:13 - And now, Lord, we give thanks to thee, and praise thy glorious name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31 - Old age is a crown of [fn]honour, but it is found in the ways of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:12 - And I put a pendant on thy nostril, and rings in thine ears, and a crown of glory on thine head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - And thou tookest thy fair ornaments of my gold and of my silver, of what I gave thee, and thou madest to thyself male images, and thou didst commit whoredom with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall break down thy house of harlotry, and destroy thine high place; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy proud ornaments, and leave thee naked and bare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:26 - And they shall strip thee of thy raiment, and take away thine ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - and they raised a sound of music, and that with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:25 - And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take their strength from them, the pride of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and their daughters,
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