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)

a boast; ground; matter of glorying