καύχημα kaúchēma

Meaning

a boast (properly, the object; by implication, the act) in a good or a bad sense

In the King James Version: boasting, (whereof) to glory (of), glorying, rejoice(-ing)

Derivation: from G2744 (καυχάομαι);

Where it is used

• Romans 4:2 If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
• 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
• 1 Corinthians 9:15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
• 1 Corinthians 9:16 Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
• 2 Corinthians 1:14 as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
• 2 Corinthians 5:12 We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
• 2 Corinthians 9:3 But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
• Galatians 6:4 Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
• Philippians 1:26 so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.
• Philippians 2:16 as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
• Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.