To boast
καυχάομαιStrong’s G2744kauchaomai
Appears in 33 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kauchaomai is the Greek word usually translated “boasting”, “boast” and “may boast”. It appears in 33 verses of the New Testament.
“Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,”
Meaning
Usually translated “boasting”, “boast” and “may boast”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- boasting 5
- to boast 5
- may boast 3
- i will boast 3
- you boast 2
- boast 2
- he should boast 2
- should boast 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 17
- Romans 5
- 1 Corinthians 5
- Galatians 2
- James 2
- Ephesians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 2:23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
- Romans 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
- Romans 5:11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
- 1 Corinthians 1:29That no flesh should glory in his presence.
- 1 Corinthians 1:31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Greek dictionary
καυχάομαι kauchaomai · to boast
καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι [in LXX for הָלַל hith., etc. ;] to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.; cf. DB, ii, 790b; Hort on Jas.1:9): absol., 1Co.1:31 (LXX) 1Co.4:7 13:3, 2Co.10:13 10:17" (LXX) 2Co.11:16 11:18 12:1 12:6, Eph.2:9, Jas.4:16; with accusative of thing(s), 2Co.9:2 11:30; before ἐν (LXX), Rom.2:23 5:3, 1Co.3:21, 2Co.5:12 10:15 11:12 12:5 12:9, Gal.6:13-14 Jas.1:9; ἐν (τ.) θεῷ, Rom.2:17 5:11; ἐν κυρίῳ, 1Co.1:31 (LXX) 2Co.10:17 (LXX); ἐν Χ. Ἰησοῦ, Php.3:3; before ἐπί with dative, Rom.5:2; περί, with genitive, 2Co.10:8; εἰς, 2Co.10:16; ὑπέρ, with …
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.]
- To brag, or vaunt one's self; to make an ostentatious display, in speech, of one's own worth, property, or actions.
- To glory; to speak with laudable pride and ostentation of meritorious persons or things.
- 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.
- Magnify or exalt.“They boast themselves in the multitude of their riches” Psalms 49:6
- To exult in confident expectation.
BOAST, noun
Expression of ostentation, pride or vanity; a vaunting.
- “Thou makest thy boast of the law” Romans 2:17
- 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.