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To boast

κατακαυχάομαιStrong’s G2620

katakauchaomai

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katakauchaomai is the Greek word usually translated “do boast”, “boast against” and “it triumphs over”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.”
Romans 11:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “do boast”, “boast against” and “it triumphs over”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • do boast 2
  • you boast against 1
  • it triumphs over 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • James 2
  • Romans 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

κατακαυχάομαι katakauchaomai · to boast

κατα-καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι [in LXX: Zec.10:12 (הָלַךְ hith.), Jer.50:11 (עָלַז), Jer.50:38 (הָלַל)* ;] 1. to boast against, exult over: with genitive, Rom.11:18, Jas.2:13; before κατά, with genitive, Jas.3:14 (T, om. κατά). 2. before ἐν, to glory in (Za., l.with, Jer.27:38).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “boast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BOAST, verb intransitive

[Gr. to inflate; Latin fastus.]

  1. To brag, or vaunt one's self; to make an ostentatious display, in speech, of one's own worth, property, or actions.
  2. To glory; to speak with laudable pride and ostentation of meritorious persons or things.
  3. To exalt one's self.
All definitions and other forms of “boast”

    BOAST, verb transitive

    To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity or exultation, with a view to self-commendation.

    1. Magnify or exalt.“They boast themselves in the multitude of their riches” Psalms 49:6
    2. To exult in confident expectation.

    BOAST, noun

    Expression of ostentation, pride or vanity; a vaunting.

    1. “Thou makest thy boast of the law” Romans 2:17
    2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride, vanity, or laudable exultation.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.