καυχάομαι, 
καυχῶμαι, 2 person singular 
καυχᾶσαι ( 
Romans 2:17, 
23; 
1 Corinthians 4:7; see 
κατακαυχάομαι ); future 
καυχήσομαι; 1 aorist 
ἐκαυχησαμην; perfect 
κεκαύχημαι; ( 
καύχη a boast); (from 
Pindar and 
Herodotus down); the 
Sept. mostly for 
הִתְהַלֵּל; in the N. T. often used by Paul (some 35 times; by James twice); 
to glory (whether with reason or without): absolutely, 
1 Corinthians 1:31a; 
1 Corinthians 4:7; 
1 Corinthians 13:3 L (stereotype edition, 
WH (see 
καίω )); 
2 Cor. 10:( 
2 Corinthians 10:13), 
2 Corinthians 10:17a; 
2 Corinthians 11:16, 
18; 
12:1, 
6, 
11 Rec.; 
Ephesians 2:9; 
James 4:16; 
τί (accusative of the thing (cf. 
Winers Grammar, 222 (209))), 
to glory (on account) of a thing: 
2 Corinthians 9:2 ( 
ἥν καυχῶμαι ὑπέρ ὑμῶν Μακεδόσιν, which I boast of on your behalf unto the Macedonians ( 
Buttmann, § 133, 1); cf. 
2 Corinthians 7:14 (and see below)); 
2 Corinthians 11:30 ( 
Proverbs 27:1; 
Lucian, ocyp. 120); followed by 
ἐν with the dative of the object ( 
Winers Grammar, § 33 d.; 
Buttmann, § 133, 23), 
to glory in a thing (by a usage foreign to classical Greek; but the Latin says 
glorior in aliquo): 
Romans 2:23; 
Romans 5:3; 
1 Corinthians 3:21; 
2 Corinthians 5:12; 
2 Corinthians 10:15; 
2 Corinthians 11:12 (cf. 
Buttmann, 106 (92)); 
2 Corinthians 12:5, 
9; 
Galatians 6:13; 
2 Thessalonians 1:4 R G; 
James 1:9 ( 
Jeremiah 9:23; 
1 Chronicles 16:35); 
ἐν Θεῷ, 
ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, 
in God, i. e. the knowledge of God, intimacy with him, his favors, etc. 
Romans 2:17; 
Romans 5:11 ( 
ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς, 
Theophilus ad Autol. 1, 1, 1); 
ἐν κυρίῳ, 
1 Corinthians 1:31b; 
2 Corinthians 10:17b; 
ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, 
Philippians 3:3; followed by 
ἐπί with the dative of the object (cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 33 d.; 
Buttmann, § 133, 23), 
Romans 5:2 ( 
Proverbs 25:14; Sir. 30:2: 
Diodorus 16:70); 
περί τίνος, 
2 Corinthians 10:8; 
εἰς τί, in regard of, in reference to, 
2 Corinthians 10:16 ( 
Aristotle, pol. 5, 10, p. 1311, 4). 
ὑπέρ with the genitive of person, 
to one's advantage, to the praise of one (on one's behalf): 
2 Corinthians 7:14; 
2 Corinthians 12:5. 
ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, as though standing in his presence, 
1 Corinthians 1:29 (cf. 
Buttmann, 17, 3 (150). Compare: 
ἐνκαυχάομαι, 
κατακαυχάομαι.) 
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