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title="2747">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Concordance</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kauchesis: the act of boasting, exultation</span></div><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">καύχησις, εως, ἡ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kauchesis<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kow'-khay-sis)<br><span class="tophdg">Short Definition: </span>the act of boasting, exultation<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>the act of boasting, glorying, exultation.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2746</b> <i>kaúxēsis</i> (a feminine noun) – boasting, which can either be in the "achievements" of <i>self</i> (negatively) or about <i>God's grace</i> (positively). <a href="/greek/2744.htm">See 2744</a> (<i>kauχomai</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2746: καύχησις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">καύχησις</span></span>, <span class="greek2">καυχήσεως</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">καυχάομαι</span>), <span class="accented">the act of glorying</span>: <a href="/interlinear/romans/3-27.htm">Romans 3:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-4.htm">2 Corinthians 9:4</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-10.htm">2 Corinthians 11:10, 17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/james/4-16.htm">James 4:16</a>; <span class="greek2">στέφανος</span> <span class="greek2">καυχήσεως</span>, crown of which we can boast, <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2-19.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-12.htm">Ezekiel 16:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-31.htm">Proverbs 16:31</a>; <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span> (on behalf) of one (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">καυχάομαι</span></span>, under the end), <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-4.htm">2 Corinthians 7:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-24.htm">2 Corinthians 8:24</a>; <span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, before one, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-14.htm">2 Corinthians 7:14</a>; <span class="greek2">ἔχω</span> (<span class="greek2">τήν</span> critical editions) <span class="greek2">καύχησιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">Χριστῷ</span> <span class="greek2">Ἰησοῦ</span>, the glorying which I have I ascribe to Christ, or I owe it to Christ that I am permitted to glow (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐν</span></span>, I. 6 b., p. 211b), <a href="/interlinear/romans/15-17.htm">Romans 15:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-31.htm">1 Corinthians 15:31</a>; that of which one glories, cause of glorying, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-12.htm">2 Corinthians 1:12</a>. (The <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> several times for <span class="hebrew">תִּפְאֶרֶת</span>; ((<span class="abbreviation">Diogenes Laërtius</span> 10, 7 at the end); Philod. in Vol. Hercul. Oxfort. i., p. 16.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>boasting, glorying, rejoicing. <p>From <a href="/greek/2744.htm">kauchaomai</a>; boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense -- boasting, whereof I may glory, glorying, rejoicing. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2744.htm">kauchaomai</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>καυχησεως καυχήσεως καυχήσεώς καυχησιν καύχησιν καυχησις καύχησις kaucheseos kauchēseōs kauchḗseos kauchḗseōs kauchesin kauchēsin kaúchesin kaúchēsin kauchesis kauchēsis kaúchesis kaúchēsis<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/greek/2746.htm">Strong's Greek 2746</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2746.htm">11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kauche_seo_s_2746.htm">καυχήσεως — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kauche_sin_2746.htm">καύχησιν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kauche_sis_2746.htm">καύχησις — 6 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/romans/3-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 3:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὖν ἡ <b>καύχησις</b> ἐξεκλείσθη διὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> then <span class="itali">is boasting?</span> It is excluded.<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Where <span class="itali">[is] boasting</span> then?<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> then [is] the <span class="itali">boasting</span> It was excluded Through<p><b><a href="/text/romans/15-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 15:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὖν τὴν <b>καύχησιν</b> ἐν Χριστῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I have <span class="itali">found reason for boasting</span> in things pertaining<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> therefore whereof <span class="itali">I may glory</span> through<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/15-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> therefore the <span class="itali">boasting</span> in Christ<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/15-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 15:31</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὴν ὑμετέραν <b>καύχησιν</b> ἀδελφοί ἣν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> brethren, <span class="itali">by the boasting</span> in you which<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> our <span class="itali">boasting</span> brothers which<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/1-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 1:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ἡ γὰρ <b>καύχησις</b> ἡμῶν αὕτη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For our proud confidence</span> is this:<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For our <span class="itali">rejoicing</span> is this,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> For <span class="itali">[the] boasting</span> of us this<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/7-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 7:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πολλή μοι <b>καύχησις</b> ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in you; great <span class="itali">is my boasting</span> on your behalf.<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> great [is] my <span class="itali">glorying</span> of you:<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> great to me <span class="itali">boasting</span> in respect of you<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 7:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἡ <b>καύχησις</b> ἡμῶν ἡ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> so also <span class="itali">our boasting</span> before Titus<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> so our <span class="itali">boasting,</span> which [I made] before<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also the <span class="itali">boasting</span> of us which<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/8-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 8:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἡμῶν <b>καυχήσεως</b> ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of your love <span class="itali">and of our reason for boasting</span> about<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and of our <span class="itali">boasting</span> on your<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and of our <span class="itali">boasting</span> about you<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/11-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 11:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι ἡ <b>καύχησις</b> αὕτη οὐ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is in me, this <span class="itali">boasting</span> of mine<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> me of this <span class="itali">boasting</span> in the regions<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that the <span class="itali">boasting</span> this not<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 11:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑποστάσει τῆς <b>καυχήσεως</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in this confidence <span class="itali">of boasting.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> this confidence <span class="itali">of boasting.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> confidence <span class="itali">of boasting</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_thessalonians/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Thessalonians 2:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἢ στέφανος <b>καυχήσεως</b> ἢ οὐχὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_thessalonians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> crown <span class="itali">of exultation?</span> Is it not even<br><a href="/kjvs/1_thessalonians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or crown <span class="itali">of rejoicing?</span> [Are] not<br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> or crown <span class="itali">of boasting</span> or [are] not<p><b><a href="/text/james/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 4:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑμῶν πᾶσα <b>καύχησις</b> τοιαύτη πονηρά</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> all such <span class="itali">boasting</span> is evil.<br><a href="/kjvs/james/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all such <span class="itali">rejoicing</span> is evil.<br><a href="/interlinear/james/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of you all <span class="itali">boasting</span> such evil<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_2746.htm">11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/2745.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2745"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2745" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2747.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2747"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2747" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>