UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: There are undoubtedly certain connotative differences in these terms for boasting, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: καυχάομαι

Sense 1: to boast

Semantic entry: 33.368

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Boast

Definition: to express an unusually high degree of confidence in someone or something being exceptionally noteworthy{N:001}

Notes: Whether in any particular context the boasting is legitimate or not depends upon what is boasted about. In a number of languages, however, quite different terms are employed, depending upon the differing degrees of justification for such boasting.

TH2 1:4: RV TH2 1:4 · LV TH2 1:4 · Read together TH2 1:4

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OET-RV TH2 1:4

4 That’s why we boast about you all in God’s assemblies, because of your endurance and faith despite the persecutions you encounter and the tribulations that you put up with.

OET-LV TH2 1:4

4 so _as ourselves us in you _all to _be _boasting, in the assemblies of_ the _god, because/for the endurance of _you _all, and faith in all the persecutions of _you _all, and in _the tribulations that you _all _are _tolerating,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐγκαυχάομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to boast