Quick Definition
καυχάομαι v. I boast, glory
Strong's Definition
from some (obsolete) base akin to that of aucheo (to boast) and 2172; to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)
KJV Usage: (make) boast, glory, joy, rejoice
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | καυχάομαι
33.368 · Communication · Boast
to boast to express an unusually high degree of confidence in someone or something being exceptionally noteworthy Whether in any particular context the boasting is legitimate or not depends upon what is boasted about. In a number of languages, however, quite different terms are employed, depending upon the differing degrees of justification for such boasting.
1 There are undoubtedly certain connotative differences in these terms for boasting, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts.
verb | ἐγκαυχάομαι · κατακαυχάομαι · καύχημα · καύχησις
33.368 · Communication · Boast
to boast to express an unusually high degree of confidence in someone or something being exceptionally noteworthy Whether in any particular context the boasting is legitimate or not depends upon what is boasted about. In a number of languages, however, quite different terms are employed, depending upon the differing degrees of justification for such boasting.
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1 There are undoubtedly certain connotative differences in these terms for boasting, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καυχάομαι, -ὥμαι, 2 pers. sing. καυχᾶσαι (Ro. τ 1.28}; 1 Co. iv. 7; see κατακαυχάομαιλ: ; fut. καυχήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐκαυχησάμην; pf. κεκαύχημαι; (καύχη a boast); [fr. Pind. and Hat. down]; Sept. mostly for 99007; in the N. τὰ often used by Paul [some 35 times; by Jas. twice]; glory (whether with reason or without): absol., 1 Goi i. 31*; iv. 7; xiii. 3 L [ed. ster. WH (see xaiw)];, 2 Co. x. [13], 17°; xi. 16,18; xii. 1, 6,11 Rec.; Eph. ii. 9; Jas. iv. 16; ri (ace. of the thing [cf. W. 222 (209)]), to glory (on account) of a thing: 2 Co. ix. 2 (ἣν καυχῶμαι ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν Maxedéow, which I boast of on your behalf unto the Macedonians [B. § 133, 1]; cf. vii. 14, [and see below 7); 2 Co. xi. 30, (Prov. xxvii.1; Leian. ocyp. 120); foll. by ἐν w. dat. of the obj. [W. § 33 d.; B. § 133, 23], to glory ina thing, (by a usage foreign to class. Grk.; but the Lat. says glorior in aliquo): Ro. ii. 23; v. 3; 1 Co. ili. 21; 2 Co. v.12; x.15; xi. 12 [ef. Β. 105 (92)]; xii. 5,9; Gal. vi. 13 sq.; 2 Th.i. 4 RG; Jas. i. 9, (Jer. ix. 23 sq-; 1 Chr. xvi. 35); ἐν θεῷ, ἐν τῷ θεῷ, in God, i. 6. the knowledge of God, intimacy with him, his favors, ete. Ro. ii. 17; v.11, (ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς, Theoph. ad Autol. 1,1, 1); ἐν κυρίῳ, 1 Co. i. 31°; 2 Co. x. 17°; ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, Phil. iii. 3; foll. by ἐπί w. dat. of the obj. [cf. W. § 33 d.; B. § 133, 28], Ro. v. 2 (Prov. xxv. 14; Sir. xxx. 2: Diod. xvi. 70); περί twos, 2 Co. x. 8; εἴς τι, in regard of, in reference to, 2 Co. x. 16 (Aristot. pol. 5,10 p. 1311, 4). ὑπέρ w. gen. of pers., to one’s advantage, to the praise of one, [on one’s behalf]: 2 Co. vii. 14; xii. 5. ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ, as though standing in his presence, 1 Co. i. 29 [εἰ B. 173 (1b0)., Comp.: ἐν-, κατα-καυχάομαι.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καυχάομαι kauchaomai 37x
to glory, boast, Rom. 2:17, 23; ὑπέρ τινος, to boast of a person or thing, to undertake a complimentary testimony to, 2 Cor. 12:5; to rejoice, exult, Rom. 5:2, 3, 11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι,
[in LXX for הלל hith., etc.;]
to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.; cf. DB, ii, 790b; Hort on Ja 1:9): absol., I Co 1:31(LXX) I Co 4:7 13:3, II Co 10:13, 17(LXX) 11:16, 18 12:1, 6, Eph 2:9, Ja 4:16; c. acc. rei, II Co 9:2 11:30; seq. ἐν (LXX), Ro 2:23 5:3, I Co 3:21, II Co 5:12 10:15 11:12 12:5, 9, Ga 6:13, 14, Ja 1:9; ἐν (τ.) θεῷ, Ro 2:17 5:11; ἐν κυρίῳ, I Co 1:31(LXX), II Co 10:17(LXX); ἐν Χ. Ἰησοῦ, Phl 3:3; seq. ἐπί c. dat., Ro 5:2; περί, c. gen., II Co 10:8; εἰς, II Co 10:16; ὑπέρ, c. gen. pers., II Co 7:14 12:5; ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ, I Co 1:29 (cf. ἐν, κατα-καυχάομαι).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καυχάομαι. The 2nd sing. pres. midd. καυχᾶσαι, as in Rom 217,33. 1 Cor 4? (cf. Sir 67 κτᾶσαι, and see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 218) which has been formed afresh in the Kowwy with the help of the—oat that answers to 3rd sing.—tav in the perf., is paralleled by χαριεῖσαι = χαριεῖ in P Grenf II. 14 (c)? (B.C. 264 or 227): cf. P Oxy 11. 292° (c. a.D. 25) χαρίεσαι δέ μου τὰ μέγιστα, ‘you will confer upon me a very great favour,” and see Proleg. p. 53f., Mayser Gr. p. 328, Radermacher Gr. p. 73, and Wackernagel 74ZZ xxxiii. (1908) p. 639. For the verb cf. P Oxy VIII. 11607*: (iii/iv a.p.) ἔγραψάς por... ὅτι καυχώμενος ἔχ (/. ἔχω) ὄνομα AtoSwpov ὅτι ἔπεμψά σοι ἀργύρια" ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐ καύχομαι (/. καυχῶμαι) ἐμαυτὸν <A> ἔπεμψά σοι, ‘you wrote me that my boastfulness earns me the name of ‘ Gift of Zeus’ because I sent you money; but I do not boast about what I sent you”’ (Ed.), PSI I. 2615 (v/a.p.) καυχᾶσθαι yap [els ἐϊλπίδας p[aratas. For Harnack’s defence of the reading καυχήσωμαιϊπι Cor 13° see Berliner Sitzungsberichte, 1911, Ῥ. 139 ff. (E. Tr. Zxg. VIII. iii. p. 395 ff.), and for the constructions of kavxdopat in the NT see Deissmann 771 Christo, p. 64f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καυχάομαι (kauchaomai) — to boast. καυχ-άομαι, Doric dialect καυχέομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular καυχᾶσαι in late Gr., as [NT]: future -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκαυχησάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect optative καυχάσαιτο [Refs 7th c.BC+]: perfect κεκαύχημαι [NT]:—active, [Refs]:— speak loud, be loud-tongued, κ. παρὰ καιρόν [Refs 5th c.BC+], cf. Eup.[same place], etc.; boast, vaunt oneself, ἐπ᾽ αἰζηοῖσι κ. μέγα [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; ἔν τινι NT.Rom.[same places]: c.accusative et infinitive, aorist or present, boast that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place], etc.: with participle, boast of doing or being, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with accusative, boast of, [NT+4th c.BC+]