2850. kolakeia

Strong's Lexicon

kolakeia: Flattery

Original Word: κολακεία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kolakeia
Pronunciation: ko-lah-KAY-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (kol-ak-i'-ah)
Definition: Flattery
Meaning: flattery, with a view to advantage or gain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
akin to kolax (flatterer)
Definition
flattery
NASB Translation
flattering (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2850: κολακεία

κολακεία (T WH κολακια (see Iota)), κολακείας, ἡ (κολεκεύω), flattery: λόγος κολακείας, flattering discourse, 1 Thessalonians 2:5. (Plato, Demosthenes, Theophrastus, Josephus, Herodian, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

flattering.

From a derivative of kolax (a fawner); flattery -- X flattering.

Forms and Transliterations

κεκολαμμένα κεκολαμμένη κεκολαμμένης κεκολαμμένους κολακείας κολακεύων κολακιας κολακίας κολαπτάς kolakeias kolakeías

Englishman's Concordance

1 Thessalonians 2:5 N-GFS
GRK: ἐν λόγῳ κολακείας ἐγενήθημεν καθὼς
NAS: came with flattering speech,
KJV: used we flattering words,
INT: with word of flattery were we even as

Strong's Greek 2850
1 Occurrence

κολακείας — 1 Occ.