Lexicon chréstologia: smooth speech Original Word: χρηστολογία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: chréstologia Phonetic Spelling: (khrase-tol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: a kind address Definition: a kind address; in a bad sense: plausible speaking. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom chréstos and legóDefinitionsmooth speech NASB Translationsmooth (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5542: χρηστολογίαχρηστολογία, χρηστολογίας, ἡ (from χρηστολόγος, and this from χρηστός, which see, and λέγω; cf. Julius Capitolinus in the life of Pertinax c. 13 "Omnes, qui libere fabulas conferebant, male Pertinaci loquebantur, χρηστολογον eum appellantes, qui bene loqueretur et male faceret ), fair speaking, the smooth and plausible address which simulates goodness": Romans 16:18. ( Eustathius, p. 1437, 27 (on Iliad 23, 598); ecclesiastical writings.)
Strong's good words. From a compound of chrestos and lego; fair speech, i.e. Plausibility -- good words. see GREEK chrestos see GREEK lego |
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