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Greek verb · G2744

καυχάομαι

kauchaomaikow-khah'-om-ahee

to boast

37 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: kaucháomai

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2744is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 19
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2744

to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)

The King James renders it: (make) boast, glory, joy, rejoice.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

kauchaomai is rendered "to boast". It stands 37 times in the Greek text, across seven books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
  • The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.

The first use

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

Romans 2:17καυχᾶσαι

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty of the word's thirty-seven uses are in 2 Corinthians.

The other 20 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • to boast5
  • boasting4
  • I will boast3
  • may boast3
  • boast2
  • he should boast2
  • should boast2
  • will boast2
  • you boast2
  • boast you1
  • glorying1
  • I boast of1

and 9 more, 37 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

καύχημαkauchemaprideUses11
καύχησιςkauchesisprideUses11

The words it stands beside

All 37, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

19 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • καυχήσομαι4
  • καυχᾶσαι3
  • καυχᾶσθαι3
  • καυχάσθω3
  • καυχήσωμαι3
  • καυχώμενοι3
  • καυχήσασθαι2
  • καυχήσηται2
  • καυχώμεθα2
  • καυχώμενος2
  • καυχῶνται2
  • καυχᾶσθε1

and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singular5V-FDI-1S
  • verb · present middle or passive form, command · 3rd person singular4V-PNM-3S
  • verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singular3V-ADS-1S
  • verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 2nd person singular3V-PNI-2S
  • verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)3V-PNN
  • verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-PNP-NPM
  • verb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)2V-ADN
  • verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-ADS-3S
  • verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person plural2V-PNI-1P
  • verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PNI-3P
  • verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PNP-NSM
  • verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-ADS-3P

Romans

five uses
  • Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

    Romans 2:17

    • καυχᾶσαιkauchasaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you boast
  • You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

    Romans 2:23

    • καυχᾶσαιkauchasaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: boast
  • through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

    Romans 5:2

    • καυχώμεθαkauchomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we boast
  • Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

    Romans 5:3

    • καυχώμεθαkauchomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we glory
  • Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

    Romans 5:11

    • καυχώμενοιkauchomenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: we are rejoicing

1 Corinthians

six uses
  • so that no one may boast in His presence.

    1 Corinthians 1:29

    • καυχήσηταιkauchesetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may boast
  • Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

    1 Corinthians 1:31

    • καυχώμενοςkauchomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: boasting
    • καυχάσθω.¶kauchasthoverb · present middle or passive form, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should boast
  • Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

    1 Corinthians 3:21

    • καυχάσθωkauchasthoverb · present middle or passive form, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should boast
  • For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

    1 Corinthians 4:7

    • καυχᾶσαιkauchasaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: boast you
  • If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

    1 Corinthians 13:3

    • καυχήσωμαιkauchesomaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may boast

2 Corinthians

twenty uses
  • We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

    2 Corinthians 5:12

    • καυχωμένουςkauchomenousverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.

    2 Corinthians 7:14

    • κεκαύχημαιkekauchemaiverb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have boasted
  • For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

    2 Corinthians 9:2

    • καυχῶμαιkauchomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I boast of
  • For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

    2 Corinthians 10:8

    • καυχήσωμαιkauchesomaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I shall boast
  • We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

    2 Corinthians 10:13

    • καυχησόμεθαkauchesomethaverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: will boast
  • Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

    2 Corinthians 10:15

    • καυχώμενοιkauchomenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: boasting
  • so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

    2 Corinthians 10:16

    • καυχήσασθαιkauchesasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to boast
  • Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

    2 Corinthians 10:17

    • καυχώμενοςkauchomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: boasting
    • καυχάσθωkauchasthoverb · present middle or passive form, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should boast
  • But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.

    2 Corinthians 11:12

    • καυχῶνταιkauchontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they are boasting
  • I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

    2 Corinthians 11:16

    • καυχήσωμαιkauchesomaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: may boast
  • Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

    2 Corinthians 11:18

    • καυχῶνταιkauchontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: boast
    • καυχήσομαιkauchesomaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will boast
  • If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

    2 Corinthians 11:30

    • καυχᾶσθαιkauchasthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to boast
    • καυχήσομαι.¶kauchesomaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will boast
  • I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

    2 Corinthians 12:1

    • Καυχᾶσθαιkauchasthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: To boast
  • I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

    2 Corinthians 12:5

    • καυχήσομαιkauchesomaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will boast
    • καυχήσομαιkauchesomaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will boast
  • Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

    2 Corinthians 12:6

    • καυχήσασθαιkauchesasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to boast
  • But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

    2 Corinthians 12:9

    • καυχήσομαιkauchesomaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I boast

Galatians

two uses
  • For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

    Galatians 6:13

    • καυχήσωνταιkauchesontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may boast
  • But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

    Galatians 6:14

    • καυχᾶσθαιkauchasthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to boast

Ephesians

one use
  • not by works, so that no one can boast.

    Ephesians 2:9

    • καυχήσηταιkauchesetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may boast

Philippians

one use
  • For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

    Philippians 3:3

    • καυχώμενοιkauchomenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: glorying

James

two uses
  • The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.

    James 1:9

    • καυχάσθωkauchasthoverb · present middle or passive form, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should boast
  • As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

    James 4:16

    • καυχᾶσθεkauchastheverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you boast

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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