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καύχησις

Pride

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καύχησις G2746
Pronunciation kaúchēsis

What does καύχησις (kaúchēsis) mean in the Bible?

καύχησις (kaúchēsis) is a Greek word meaning "pride". καύχησις, -εως, ἡ (καυχάομαι), [in LXX for תִּפְאָרָה (1Ch. Salvation by faith removes every human basis for self-exaltation. This term runs through the canonical themes of Faith, Redemption.

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Meaning

pride
Extended definition

Boasting or glorying; Paul contrasts false self-glorying with legitimate glorying in Christ alone.

(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.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Salvation by faith removes every human basis for self-exaltation. James 4:13–17
Identifies prideful self-reliance as sinful. Romans 3:27-31
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 3:27 · 2 Cor 1:12 · 2 Cor 7:4 · 2 Cor 7:14 · 2 Cor 11:10 · Jas 4:16 6×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 8:24 · 2 Cor 11:17 · 1 Thess 2:19 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 15:17 · 1 Cor 15:31 2×
11 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Canonical Themes
Faith Redemption
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
James 4:13–17 καύχησις kaúchēsis Nominative · Singular · Feminine
boasting
Romans 3:27-31 καύχησις kaúchēsis Nominative · Singular · Feminine
Boasting, grounds for pride.
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Romans 15 — Bearing with the Weak, Welcoming One Another, and Paul’s Priestly Mission to the Gentiles Romans 3 — All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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