Keraia
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καύχησις

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine11 occurrences5 books11 verses

Definition

καύχησις, -εως, ἡ

(καυχάομαι), [in LXX for תִּפְאָרָה (1 Chronicles 29:13, Ezekiel 16:12, al) ;]

a boasting, glorying: Romans 3:27, 2 Corinthians 11:10; 11:17, James 4:16; before ὑπέρ, 2 Corinthians 7:4; 8:24; ἐτί, with genitive, 2 Corinthians 7:14; ἔχω τὴν κ. ἐν Χρ. Ἰησ., Romans 15:17; στέφανος καυχήσεως (Ez. l.with, al.), 1 Thessalonians 2:19; of the cause of glorying, a boast ( = καύχημα), 2 Corinthians 1:12.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as καύχησις:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. Romans 3:27καύχησις · boasting
    Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
  2. Romans 15:17καύχησιν · I exult
    Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:31καύχησιν · I boast
    I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:12καύχησις · boast
    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.
  5. 2 Corinthians 7:4καύχησις · pride
    Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
  6. 2 Corinthians 7:14καύχησις · boasting
    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.
  7. 2 Corinthians 8:24καυχήσεως · the reason for our boasting
    In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
  8. 2 Corinthians 11:10καύχησις · boasting
    As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
  9. 2 Corinthians 11:17καυχήσεως · boasting [of mine]
    In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
  10. 1 Thessalonians 2:19καυχήσεως · of boasting
    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?
  11. James 4:16καύχησις · boasting
    As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.