καυχάομαι, -ῶμαι,
[in LXX for הלל hith., etc.;]
to boast or glory (in LXX, of joyous exultation, and so in the NT quotations, infr.; cf. DB, ii, 790b; Hort on Ja 1:9): absol., I Co 1:31(LXX)I Co 4:713:3, II Co 10:13, 17(LXX)11:16, 1812:1, 6, Eph 2:9, Ja 4:16; c. acc. rei, II Co 9:211:30; seq. ἐν (LXX), Ro 2:235:3, I Co 3:21, II Co 5:1210:1511:1212:5, 9, Ga 6:13, 14, Ja 1:9; ἐν (τ.) θεῷ, Ro 2:175:11; ἐν κυρίῳ, I Co 1:31(LXX), II Co 10:17(LXX); ἐν Χ. Ἰησοῦ, Phl 3:3; seq. ἐπί c. dat., Ro 5:2; περί, c. gen., II Co 10:8; εἰς, II Co 10:16; ὑπέρ, c. gen. pers., II Co 7:1412:5; ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ, I Co 1:29 (cf. ἐν, κατα-καυχάομαι).†