STRONGS NUMBER G2620


Word Summary
katakauchaomai: to exult over
Original Word: κατακαυχάομαι
Transliteration: katakauchaomai
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-ow-khah'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to exult over
Meaning: to exult over
Strong's Concordance
to exult over, triumph over

From kata and kauchaomai; to exult against (i.e. Over) -- boast (against), glory, rejoice against.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK kauchaomai

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 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.)