What does κατακαυχάομαι (katakaucháomai) mean in the Bible?
κατακαυχάομαι (katakaucháomai): To boast against someone or exult over them, often with superior or triumphant attitude toward another.
Greek · G2620
κατακαυχάομαι
To boast
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κατακαυχάομαι G2620
Pronunciation katakaucháomai
What does κατακαυχάομαι (katakaucháomai) mean in the Bible?
κατακαυχάομαι (katakaucháomai): To boast against someone or exult over them, often with superior or triumphant attitude toward another.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2620?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [you do, remember this] (1), boast [in it] (1), boast over (1), triumphs over (1).
Where does κατακαυχάομαι (katakaucháomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 11:18. Its strongest book concentrations include James (2), Romans (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [you do, remember this] 1× Romans 11:18
boast [in it] 1× James 3:14
boast over 1× Romans 11:18
triumphs over 1× James 2:13
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 11:18 κατακαυχῶ to boast over Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular Romans 11:18 κατακαυχᾶσαι to [you do, remember this] Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular James 2:13 κατακαυχᾶται to triumphs over Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular James 3:14 κατακαυχᾶσθε to boast [in it] Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 11:18
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Romans 2 James 2
Source forms
κατακαυχᾶσαι 1x katakauchasai Romans 11:18
κατακαυχᾶσθε 1x katakauchasthe James 3:14
κατακαυχᾶται 1x katakauchatai James 2:13
κατακαυχῶ 1x katakauchō Romans 11:18
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural 1x James 3:14
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular 1x Romans 11:18
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular 1x Romans 11:18
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x James 2:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To boast against someone or exult over them, often with superior or triumphant attitude toward another.
Strong's G2620
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to boast
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To boast against someone or exult over them, often with superior or triumphant attitude toward another.
1to boast against, exult over: with genitive, Rom.11:18, Jas.2:13; before κατά, with genitive, Jas.3:14 (T, om. κατά).
2before ἐν, to glory in (Za., l.with, Jer.27:38).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 11:18 Verb Second Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Imperative
κατακαυχῶ katakaucw
I boast against
Read verse Romans 11:18 Verb Second Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
κατακαυχᾶσαι, katakaucasai
I boast against
Read verse James 2:13 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
κατακαυχᾶται katakaucatai
I boast against
Read verse James 3:14 Verb Second Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Imperative
κατακαυχᾶσθε katakaucasqe
I boast against
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Imperative command or strong request 2×
Present Middle Rom 11:18 · Jas 3:14 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Present Middle Rom 11:18 · Jas 2:13 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 5
Voice
middle 5
Mood
indicative 2 imperative 2 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Romans 11:18 κατακαυχῶ present middle imperative imperative Romans 11:18 κατακαυχᾶσαι present middle indicative ongoing 2 Thessalonians 1:4 ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive James 2:13 κατακαυχᾶται present middle indicative ongoing James 3:14 κατακαυχᾶσθε present middle imperative imperative
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κατακαυχάομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain