καυχάομαι

καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι

[in LXX for הָלַל hith., etc. ;]

to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.; cf. DB, ii, 790b; Hort on Jak 1,9): absol., 1 Kor 1,31 (LXX) 1 Kor 4,7; 13,3, 2 Kor 10,13; 10,17" (LXX) 2 Kor 11,16; 11,18; 12,1; 12,6, Ef 2,9, Jak 4,16; with accusative of thing(s), 2 Kor 9,2; 11,30; before ἐν (LXX), Rom 2,23; 5,3, 1 Kor 3,21, 2 Kor 5,12; 10,15; 11,12; 12,5; 12,9, Gal 6,13-14 Jak 1,9; ἐν (τ.) θεῷ, Rom 2,17; 5,11; ἐν κυρίῳ, 1 Kor 1,31 (LXX) 2 Kor 10,17 (LXX); ἐν Χ. Ἰησοῦ, Fil 3,3 before ἐπί with dative, Rom 5,2 περί, with genitive, 2 Kor 10,8 εἰς, 2 Kor 10,16 ὑπέρ, with genitive of person(s), 2 Kor 7,14; 12,5; ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ, 1 Kor 1,29 (cf. ἐν, κατα-καυχάομαι).†