Word Summary
katakauchaomai: to exult over
Original Word: κατακαυχάομαιTransliteration: 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: κατακαυχάομαικατακαυχάομαι,
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.)