Pride
καύχησιςStrong’s G2746kauchēsis
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kauchēsis is the Greek word usually translated “boasting”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.”
Meaning
Usually translated “boasting”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- boasting 9
- of boasting 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 7
- Romans 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- James 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 15:17I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
- 2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
- 2 Corinthians 7:14For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
- 2 Corinthians 8:24Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
Greek dictionary
καύχησις kauchēsis · pride
καύχησις, -εως, ἡ (καυχάομαι), [in LXX for תִּפְאָרָה (1Ch.29:13, Eze.16:12, al) ;] a boasting, glorying: Rom.3:27, 2Co.11:10 11:17, Jas.4:16; before ὑπέρ, 2Co.7:4 8:24; ἐτί, with genitive, 2Co.7:14; ἔχω τὴν κ. ἐν Χρ. Ἰησ., Rom.15:17; στέφανος καυχήσεως (Ez. l.with, al.), 1Th.2:19; of the cause of glorying, a boast ( = καύχημα), 2Co.1:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pride” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRIDE, noun
- Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.“PRIDE goeth before destruction” Proverbs 16:18“Those that walk in pride he is able to abase” Daniel 4:37
- Insolence; rude treatment of others; insolent exultation.
- Generous elation of heart; a noble self-esteem springing from a consciousness of worth.
- Elevation; loftiness.
All definitions and other forms of “pride”
- Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed.
- Splendid show; ostentation.
- That of which men are proud; that which excites boasting.“I will cut off the pride of the Philistines” Zechariah 9:6
- Excitement of the sexual appetite in a female beast.
- Proud persons. Psalms 36:11
PRIDE, verb transitive
With the reciprocal pronoun, to pride one's self, to indulge pride; to take pride; to value one's self; to gratify self-esteem. They pride themselves in their wealth, dress or equipage. He prides himself in his achievements.
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.