boast, kauchaomai, G2744

by Krisan Marotta | May 20, 2024 | Word Study - Greek

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Strong’s number: G2744

Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #2744 – καυχάομαι

Greek Word: καυχάομαι

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: kauchaomai

Phonetic Spelling: (kow-khah’-om-ahee)

Quick Definition: to boast

Usage: I boast; I glory (exult) proudly.

Etymology: (kauxáomai) likely comes from the root, auχēn (“neck”), i.e. what holds the head up high (upright); figuratively, it refers to living with God-given confidence.

NASB Translation: boast (24), boasted (1), boasting (3), boasts (2), exult (3), glory (2), take pride (1)

New Testament Usage

31 verses

Rom 2:17; Rom 2:23; Rom 5:2; Rom 5:3; Rom 5:11;

1Co 1:29; 1Co 1:31; 1Co 3:21; 1Co 4:7;

2Co 5:12; 2Co 7:14; 2Co 9:2; 2Co 10:8; 2Co 10:13; 2Co 10:15; 2Co 10:16; 2Co 10:17; 2Co 11:12; 2Co 11:16; 2Co 11:18; 2Co 11:30; 2Co 12:1; 2Co 12:5; 2Co 12:6; 2Co 12:9;

Gal 6:13; Gal 6:14; Eph 2:9; Php 3:3; Jas 1:9; Jas 4:16

22X in 15 verses in the Septuagint

Jdg 7:2; 1Sa 2:3; 1Sa 2:10; 1Ki 21:11; 1Ch 16:35;

Psa 5:12; Psa 31:11; Psa 48:7; Psa 93:3; Psa 149:5; Pro 20:9;

Pro 25:14; Pro 27:1; Jer 9:22; Jer 9:23.

Englishman’s concordance: καυχάομαι (kauchaomai)

Lexicons

Thayers G2744

to glory (whether with reason or without)
to glory on account of a thing
to glory in a thing

Strongs G2744

From some (obsolete) base akin to that of αὐχέω aucheō (to boast) and G2172; to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense): – (make) boast, glory, joy, rejoice.

Mounce G2744

to boast, brag about; to rejoice in, glory in; this can refer to proper or improper boasting, depending on the object of the boast

Related Words: G2745 (noun); G2745 (noun);

Hebrew equivalent words: Strong #: 559 ‑ אָמַר (aw‑mar’); 1984 ‑ הָלַל (haw‑lal’); 5937 ‑ עָלַז (aw‑laz’); 5970 ‑ עָלַץ (aw‑lats’); 6286 ‑ פָּאַר (paw‑ar’); 7235 ‑ רָבָה (raw‑baw’); 7442 ‑ רָנַן (raw‑nan’); 7623 ‑ שָׁבַח (shaw‑bakh’);

Precepts Austin: kauchaomai