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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)

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)

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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:27

Rom 3:27 - Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the principle of works? No, but on the principle of faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:17

Rom 15:17 - In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:31

1Co 15:31 - I protest, brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:12

2Co 1:12 - For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

2Co 7:4 - I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed.

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2Co 7:14 - For if I have expressed to him some pride in you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true.

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2Co 8:24 - So give proof, before the churches, of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.

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2Co 9:4 - lest if some Macedo'nians come with me and find that you are not ready, we be humiliated--to say nothing of you--for being so confident.

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2Co 11:10 - As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Acha'ia.

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2Co 11:17 - (What I am saying I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool, in this boastful confidence;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:19

1Th 2:19 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

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Jas 4:16 - As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

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