Strong's Greek: 2620. κατακαυχάομαι (katakauchaomai) -- to exult over
Strong's Concordance
katakauchaomai: to exult over
Original Word: κατακαυχάομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katakauchaomai
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-ow-khah'-om-ahee)
Short Definition: I boast against
Definition: I boast against, exult over.
HELPS Word-studies
2620 katakauxáomai (from 2596 /katá, "according to, down to a point" intensifying 2744 /kauxáomai, "boast, speak loudly") – properly, boast down, over-exalting one thing at the expense of another which results in wrong conclusions – i.e. that unjustifiably downgrade by boasting with a sense of false superiority (Ro 11:18; Js 3:14).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2620: κατακαυχάομαι
κατακαυχάομαι, κατακαυχωμαι, 2 person singular κατακαυχᾶσαι (contracted from κατακαυχαεσαι) for the Attic κατακαυχα (Romans 11:18; cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 b.; (Buttmann, 42 (37); Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 40f; Tdf. Proleg., p. 123f); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 360), imperative 2 person singular κατακαυχῶ (Romans 11:18); (κατά against (cf. κατά, III. 7)); properly, to glory against, to exult over, to boast oneself to the injury of(a person or a thing): τίνος, Romans 11:18; Tdf. in James 3:14; κατά τίνος, ibid. R G L Tr WH (Buttmann, 185 (160); Winer's Grammar, § 30, 9 b. (cf. 432 (402))); ἔλεος (equivalent to ὁ ἐλεῶν) κατακαυχᾶται κρίσεως, mercy boasts itself superior to judgment, i. e. full of glad confidence has no fear of judgment, James 2:13. (Zechariah 10:12; Jeremiah 27:10, 38
(), not found in secular authors.)Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to exult over, triumph overFrom kata and kauchaomai; to exult against (i.e. Over) -- boast (against), glory, rejoice against.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK kauchaomai
Forms and Transliterations
κατακαυχασαι κατακαυχάσαι κατακαυχᾶσαι κατακαυχασθε κατακαυχάσθε κατακαυχᾶσθε κατακαυχαται κατακαυχάται κατακαυχᾶται κατακαυχω κατακαυχῶ κατεκαυχάσθε κατεκαυχώντο katakauchasai katakauchâsai katakauchasthe katakauchâsthe katakauchatai katakauchâtai katakaucho katakauchô katakauchō katakauchō̂Links
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