καύχημα, -τος, τό (καυχάομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תְּהִלָּה, תִּפְאָרָה;] 1)
a boast (Pind.): 2Co.5:12 9:3 (Thayer, see word; e. contra, 2, Ellic, Lft, on Gal.6:4; Lft,
Notes, 204, 277). 2)
ground or matter of glorying: Rom.4:2, 1Co.5:6 9:15-16, 2Co.1:14, Gal.6:4, Php.1:26 2:16, Heb.3:6 (cf. καύχησις). (
AS)