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Word study · Greek

kauchâomai

to boast, to take pride

Say it: kow-KHAH-oh-my (approximate)

καυχάομαι

What it means

To boast. "If in anything I have boasted to him about you" (7:14); and the later "fool's boasting" (10:8-17; 11:16-30; 12:1-9).

Range of meaning

  • BoastSpeak proudly of oneself or others.
  • Glory inTake confidence in something.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 7

    "If in anything I have boasted to him" (7:14).

  • Chapter 10

    "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord" (10:8, 10:13-17).

Every verse (17)

Verses where G2744 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources