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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 Box 1Ch 29:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:13 - And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31 - Gray hair is a crown of glory;
it is gained in a righteous life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their[fn] harvests
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:12 - And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - And I will give you into their hands, and they shall throw down your vaulted chamber and break down your lofty places. They shall strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful jewels and leave you naked and bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:26 - They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort, drunkards[fn] were brought from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands of the women, and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:25 - “As for you, son of man, surely on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul’s desire, and also their sons and daughters,
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