Word Study · Strong's G2746 · Greek
καύχησις
kauchesis
kow'-khay-sis
Strong's 1890 spelling: kaúchēsis
“boasting (properly, the act”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Rendered in the KJV as
boasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing.
- 11occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- καύχησις5
- καυχήσεως1
- καυχήσεως;1
- καυχήσεως.1
- καύχησιν1
- καύχησιν,1
- καύχησις;1
How it is rendered · 5
- boasting7
- boasting,1
- boasting?1
- of boasting?1
- of boasting.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular6
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSF · 6
- N-GSF · 3
- N-ASF · 2
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Corinthians6 of 11 · 55%
- Romans2 of 11 · 18%
- 1 Corinthians1 of 11 · 9%
- 1 Thessalonians1 of 11 · 9%
- James1 of 11 · 9%
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Romans2 occurrences
- Romans 3:27καύχησις;kauchēsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularWhere, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.here: boasting?
- Romans 15:17καύχησινkauchēsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularTherefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.here: boasting
1 Corinthians1 occurrence
2 Corinthians6 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 1:12καύχησιςkauchēsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd 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.here: boasting
- 2 Corinthians 7:4καύχησιςkauchēsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularGreat is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.here: boasting
- 2 Corinthians 7:14καύχησιςkauchēsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularIndeed, 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.here: boasting
- 2 Corinthians 8:24καυχήσεωςkauchēseōsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularIn full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.here: boasting
- 2 Corinthians 11:10καύχησιςkauchēsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAs surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.here: boasting
- 2 Corinthians 11:17καυχήσεως.kauchēseōsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularIn this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.here: of boasting.