noun · feminine

chrēstologias

Greekχρηστολογία (chrēstologia)

Strong’sG5542

a kind address

stem chrēstologi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

smooth talk1×

What it means

*† χρηστολογία, -ας, ἡ

(χρηστός, λέγω),

fair speaking: in bad sense, Ro 16:18 (in good sense also, eccl.).†

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

Strong’s G5542 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhrase-tol-og-ee'-ah

fair speech, i.e. plausibility

Fromfrom a compound of G5543 and G3004;

King Jamesgood words.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	chrēstologias	chrēstologiais
object accusative	chrēstologian	chrēstologiain
direct address vocative	chrēstologiar	chrēstologiair
of, belonging to genitive	chrēstologiau1×χρηστολογίας	chrēstologiaiu
to, for dative	chrēstologia	chrēstologiai

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

chrēstologistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

chrēstologia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

chrēstologiau“smooth talk”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Romans 16:18“smooth talk”tois gar toioutois to kurio nu Christo ouk douleualō alla ta heautoiu koilia, kai dia tau chrēstologiau kai eulogiau exapatalō tain kardiain toiu akakoiu.For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.