ἈΚΑΥΧΗΣΙΑ, ἀκαυχησια
AKAUCHĒSIA, akauchēsia
Sounds Like: ah-kow-KHEE-see-ah
Translations: absence of boasting, humility, modesty, a humility, a modesty
From the root: ΚΑΥΧΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the absence of boasting or pride, signifying a state of humility or modesty. It is a compound word formed from the alpha privative (ἀ-) indicating negation, and the word 'καύχησις' (boasting). It describes a quality or state of being humble and not given to self-exaltation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0002 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 5:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΥΧΗΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΥΧΗΣΕΙ — to boasting, for boasting, in boasting, by boasting, to glorying, for glorying, in glorying, by glorying, to pride, for pride, in pride, by pride
- ΚΑΥΧΗΣΕΩΣ — of boasting, of glorying, of glory, of pride, of a boast, of a glory
- ΚΑΥΧΗΣΙΝ — boasting, a boasting, glorying, a glorying, pride, a pride, ground for boasting, a ground for boasting
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