noun · feminine

kolakeias

Greekκολακεία (kolakeia)

Strong’sG2850

flattery

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

Translated as

flattery1×

What it means

* κολακία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ

(< κολακεύω, to flatter),

flattery: I Th 2:5 (v. Lft., Notes, 23).†

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

Strong’s G2850 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkol-ak-i'-ah

flattery

Fromfrom a derivative of κόλαξ (a fawner);

King JamesX flattering.

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	kolakeias	kolakeiais
object accusative	kolakeian	kolakeiain
direct address vocative	kolakeiar	kolakeiair
of, belonging to genitive	kolakeiau1×κολακείας	kolakeiaiu
to, for dative	kolakeia	kolakeiai

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

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

kolakeia 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

kolakeiau“flattery”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

1 Thessalonians 2:5“flattery”oute gar pote en logo kolakeiau ginina, kathōs oidavē, oute en profasia pleonexiau, theos marturos,As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!