Greek noun (neuter) · G2745
καύχημα
kauchemakow'-khay-mah
a boast; ground or matter of glorying
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kaúchēma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2745is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2745
a boast (properly, the object; by implication, the act) in a good or a bad sense
The King James renders it: boasting, (whereof) to glory (of), glorying, rejoice(-ing).
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
kauchema is rendered "a boast; ground or matter of glorying". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a boast".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 4:2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
Romans 4:2καύχημα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eleven uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a boast, and ground or matter of glorying.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a boastPind.): 2Co.5:12 9:3 (Thayer | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 5:12We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead… |
| ground or matter of glorying | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 4:2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. |
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.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- καύχημα9
- καύχημά1
- καυχήματος1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular5N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular5N-NSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1N-GSN
Romans
one use
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ground of boasting
1 Corinthians
three uses
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: boasting
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
- καύχημάkauchemanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boasting
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: boasting
2 Corinthians
three uses
as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: boasting
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.
- καυχήματοςkauchematosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of boasting
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: boasting
Galatians
one use
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ground of boasting
Philippians
two uses
so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: boasting
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a boast
Hebrews
one use
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- καύχημαkauchemanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: 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 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.