STRONGS G2620:
κατακαυχάομαι,
κατακαυχωμαι, 2 person singular
κατακαυχᾶσαι (contracted from
κατακαυχαεσαι) for the Attic
κατακαυχα (
Romans 11:18; cf.
Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 b.; (
Buttmann, 42 (37);
Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 40f;
Tdf. Proleg., p. 123f);
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 360), imperative 2 person singular
κατακαυχῶ (
Romans 11:18); (
κατά against (cf.
κατά, III. 7)); properly,
to glory against, to exult over, to boast oneself to the injury of(a person or a thing):
τίνος,
Romans 11:18;
Tdf. in
James 3:14;
κατά τίνος, ibid.
R G L Tr WH (
Buttmann, 185 (160);
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 9 b. (cf. 432 (402)));
ἔλεος (equivalent to
ὁ ἐλεῶν)
κατακαυχᾶται κρίσεως, mercy boasts itself superior to judgment, i. e. full of glad confidence has no fear of judgment,
James 2:13. (
Zechariah 10:12;
Jeremiah 27:10, 38 (
Jer. 50:10,
38), not found in secular authors.)
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