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)