Quick Definition
καύχημα, ατος, τό n.n. a boasting
Strong's Definition
from 2744; a boast (properly, the object; by implication, the act) in a good or a bad sense
KJV Usage: boasting, (whereof) to glory (of), glorying, rejoice(-ing)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | 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.
33.371 · Communication · Boast
what one boasts about (derivative of καυχάομαι ‘to boast,’ 33.368) the referent of boasting, namely, that which one boasts about For another interpretation of καύχημα in 2CO 1:14, see 25.203.
33.372 · Communication · Boast
the right to boast the justification for boasting
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
καύχημα, -Tos, τό, (καυχάομαι), very rare in prof. auth.; Sept. for mbmN praise, and ΠΝ ΘΓ ornament, beanies several times in Sir. 1. that of which one Bree or can glory, matter or ground of glorying: Ro. iv. 2; 1 Co. ix. 15 sq.; 2 Co. i. 14; Phil. ii. 16; τὸ καύχημα ἔχειν εἰς his glorying confined to himself [R. V. in regard of himself alone], Gal. vi. 4; τὸ x. τῆς ἐλπίδος, the matter for glorying which hope gives, i. e. the hope, of which we glory, Heb. iii. 6. 2. As γέννημα, δίωγμα, θέλημα, ἴαμα, κήρυγμα (2 Tim. iv. 17), κλαῦμα, πλήρωμα, φρόνημα, ete., are used for γέννησις, δίωξις, θέλησις, κτλ. [ef. Ellicott on Phil. iv. 6], so also (which H. A. W. Meyer persists in denying [as respects the New Testament (see his note on Ro. iv. 2); so Ellicott and Bp. Lghtft. on Gal. vi. 4; Liinem. on Heb. u. s.]) is καύχημα used for καύχησις (Pind. Isthm. 5, 65 [ef. Meyer on Phil. i. 26 note; on the apparent use of nouns in μα in an active sense see Bp. Lghtft. on Col. Ἐ᾿ 257 54.7), α glorying, boasting: 1 Co. v.6; Phil. i. 26; ὑπέρ τινος (see καυχάομαι, sub fin.), 2 Co. v. 12; ix. 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καύχημα kauchēma 11x
a glorying, boasting, 1 Cor. 5:6; a ground or matter of glorying or boasting, Rom. 4:2; joy, exultation, Phil. 1:26; complimentary testimony, 1 Cor. 9:15, 16; 2 Cor. 9:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καύχημα, -τος, τό
(< καυχάομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תְּהִלָּה, תִּפְאֶרֶה;]
a boast (Pind.): II Co 5:12 9:3 (Thayer, s.v.; e. contra, 2, Ellic., Lft., on Ga 6:4; Lft., Notes, 204, 277).
ground or matter of glorying: Ro 4:2, I Co 5:6 9:15, 16, II Co 1:14, Ga 6:4, Phl 1:26 2:16, He 3:6 (cf. καύχησις).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καύχημα (kauchēma) — pride. καύχ-ημα, Doric dialect καύχ-ᾱμα, ατος, τό, a boast, vaunt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. subject of boasting, [NT+2nd c.AD+]