καυχάομαι, καυχῶμαι, 2 person singular καυχᾶσαι (Rom 2:17; Rom 2:23; 1Co 4:7; see κατακαυχάομαι); future καυχήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐκαυχησαμην; perfect κεκαύχημαι; (καύχη a boast); (from Pindar and Herodotus down); the Sept. mostly for äÄúÀäÇìÅÌì; in the N. T. often used by Paul (some 35 times; by James twice); to glory (whether with reason or without): absolutely, 1Co 1:31 a; 1Co 4:7; 1Co 13:3 L (stereotype edition, WH (see καίω)); 2Co 10:1-18 :(),a; Rec.; Eph 2:9; Jas 4:16; τί (accusative of the thing (cf. Winers Grammar, 222 (209))), to glory (on account) of a thing: 2Co 9:2 (ἥν καυχῶμαι ὑπέρ ὑμῶν Μακεδόσιν, which I boast of on your behalf unto the Macedonians (Buttmann, § 133, 1); cf. (and see below)); 2Co 11:30 (Pro 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 saysglorior in aliquo): Rom 2:28; Rom 5:3; 1Co 3:21; 2Co 5:12; 2Co 10:15; 2Co 11:12 (cf. Buttmann, 106 (92)); ; Gal 6:13; 2Th 1:4 R G; Jas 1:9 (Jer 9:23; 1Ch 16:35); ἐν Θεῷ, ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, in God, i. e. the knowledge of God, intimacy with him, his favors, etc. Rom 2:17; Rom 5:11 (ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς, Theophilus ad Autol. 1, 1, 1); ἐν κυρίῳ, 1Co 1:31 b; 2Co 10:17 b; ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, Php 3:3; followed by ἐπί with the dative of the object (cf. Winers Grammar, § 33 d.; Buttmann, § 133, 23), Rom 5:2 (Pro 25:14; Sir 30:2: Diodorus 16:70); περί τίνος, 2Co 10:8; εἰς τί, in regard of, in reference to, 2Co 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): 2Co 7:14; 2Co 12:5. ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, as though standing in his presence, 1Co 1:29 (cf. Buttmann, 17, 3 (150). Compare: ἐνκαυχάομαι, κατακαυχάομαι.)