adjective

anthrōpareskos

Greekἀνθρωπάρεσκος (anthrōpareskos)

Strong’sG441

desirous of pleasing men

stem anthrōparesk-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

men-pleasers1×people-pleasers1×

What it means

† ἀνθρωπ-άρεσκος, -ον

(ἄνθρωπος, ἄρεσκος, pleasing), [in LXX: Ps 52 (53):5*;]

studying to please men: Eph 6:6, Col 3:22 (Cremer, 642; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G441 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidanth-ro-par'-es-kos

man-courting, i.e. fawning

Fromfrom G444 and G700;

King Jamesmen-pleaser.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	anthrōpareskos	anthrōpareskas	anthrōpareskem	anthrōpareskois2×ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι	anthrōpareskais	anthrōpareskeim
object accusative	anthrōpareskon	anthrōpareskan		anthrōpareskoin	anthrōpareskain
direct address vocative	anthrōpareskor	anthrōpareskar		anthrōpareskoir	anthrōpareskair
of, belonging to genitive	anthrōpareskou	anthrōpareskau	anthrōpareskeu	anthrōpareskoiu	anthrōpareskaiu	anthrōpareskeiu
to, for dative	anthrōparesko	anthrōpareska	anthrōpareske	anthrōpareskoi	anthrōpareskai	anthrōpareskei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

anthrōpareskstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

anthrōparesk is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

anthrōpareskois“men-pleasers”subjectnominative plural2×

Ephesians 6:6“men-pleasers”mē kata ofthalmodoulian hōs anthrōpareskois alla hōs doulois Christou poiarōtois tem thelēmem tou theou, ek psuchauAnd do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Colossians 3:22“people-pleasers”toir douloir, hupakouavōr kata panteim toi kata sarxan kurioi, mē en ofthalmodouliai, hōs anthrōpareskois, alla en haplota kardiau, foberōtois ton kurion.Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.