James 2:13:9Jas.2.13.W9TAB
κατακαυχᾶται
katakaukhâtai
“boasts over”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-kau-KHÂ-tai
- Extended
- kah-tah-kow-KHAH-tai
- IPA
- /ka.ta.kauˈkʰaː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- boasts over
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-kau-KHÂ-tai
- sentence
hê gar KRI-sis a-NE-le-os tôi mê poi-Ê-san-ti E-le-os ka-ta-kau-KHÂ-tai E-le-os KRI-se-ôs
Exegesis
In the second clause, the nominative eleos {ἔλεος | éleos} ‘mercy’ functions as the subject of the present middle indicative katakauchatai {κατακαυχᾶται | katakauchâtai} ‘boasts over’, and the genitive kriseōs {κρίσεως | kríseōs} ‘of judgment’ indicates the realm over which mercy exults. The present tense of katakauchatai conveys an enduring principle and the chiastic ordering highlights the reversal that mercy prevails where judgment falls short.
Root and etymology
kauchaomaikappa–alpha–upsilon–chi–alpha–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to boast, glory”
In context — James 2:13
For judgment will be without mercy for the one who has not shown mercy ; mercy stands victorious over judgment.
About this coordinate
James 2:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of James 2:13, so the Greek word κατακαυχᾶται (katakaukhâtai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jas.2.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.13.W9.S1) and character.