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καύχημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: καύχημα καύχηματος

Structure: καυχηματ (Stem)

Etym.: kauxa/omai

Sense

  1. a boast, vaunt
  2. a subject of boasting

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἶναί σε ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὡσ ἐποίησέ σε ὀνομαστὸν καὶ καύχημα καὶ δοξαστόν, εἶναί σε λαὸν ἅγιον Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου, καθὼσ ἐλάλησε. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 26:19)
  • δόξα καὶ ἔπαινοσ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἰσχὺσ καὶ καύχημα ἐν τόπῳ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 16:27)
  • σοί, Κύριε, ἡ μεγαλωσύνη καὶ ἡ δύναμισ καὶ τὸ καύχημα καὶ ἡ νίκη καὶ ἡ ἰσχύσ, ὅτι σὺ πάντων τῶν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ δεσπόζεισ, ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ταράσσεται πᾶσ βασιλεὺσ καὶ ἔθνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 29:11)
  • ὡσ δὲ εἰσῆλθον πρὸσ αὐτήν, εὐλόγησαν αὐτὴν πάντεσ ὁμοθυμαδὸν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ αὐτήν. σὺ ὕψωμα Ἰσραήλ, σὺ γαυρίαμα μέγα τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, σὺ καύχημα μέγα τοῦ γένουσ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 15:9)
  • ὅτι καύχημα τῆσ δυνάμεωσ αὐτῶν σὺ εἶ, καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου ὑψωθήσεται τὸ κέρασ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 88:18)
  • οὗτοσ καύχημά σου καὶ οὗτοσ Θεόσ σου, ὅστισ ἐποίησεν ἐν σοὶ τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ ἔνδοξα ταῦτα, ἃ εἴδοσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 10:21)
  • μακάριοσ σύ, Ἰσραήλ. τίσ ὅμοιόσ σοι λαὸσ σωζόμενοσ ὑπὸ Κυρίου̣ ὑπερασπιεῖ ὁ βοηθόσ σου, καὶ ἡ μάχαιρα καύχημά σου. καὶ ψεύσονταί σε οἱ ἐχθροί σου, καὶ σὺ ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν ἐπιβήσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 33:29)

Synonyms

  1. a boast

  2. a subject of boasting

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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