Word study · Greek
kolakeía
flattery
Say it: kol-ak-I-ah (approximate)
κολακεία
What it means
Flattery, insincere praise to win favor. In 2:5, "we never came with words of flattery." It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- FlatteryPraise to get something.
- Smooth talkWords meant to win over.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 2
"For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery" (2:5).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G2850 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources