ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΣΑΙ, κολακευσαι
KOLAKEUSAI, kolakeusai
Sounds Like: koh-lah-KEV-sai
Translations: to flatter, to fawn upon, to praise excessively
From the root: ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to flatter, to fawn upon, or to praise someone excessively, often insincerely, to gain favor or advantage. It describes the act of using smooth or ingratiating words. It is used in contexts where someone is trying to please another through flattery.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2850 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 5:80
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:36
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥ — to flatter, to fawn upon, to cajole, to court, to soothe
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΕΙ — he flatters, she flatters, it flatters, he fawns, she fawns, it fawns
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΕΙΝ — to flatter, to fawn upon, to be a sycophant
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΗΣ — you flatter, you fawn, you pay court
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ — flattering, being flattered, fawning, being fawned upon
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΟΝ — flattering, fawning, pleasing, courting favor
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΟΝΤΑ — flattering, fawning, pleasing, serving, adulating
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ — flattering, fawning, pleasing, courting favor
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΣΩ — I will flatter, I will fawn upon, I will court
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩ — to flatter, to fawn upon, to court, to cajole
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩΝ — flattering, fawning, pleasing, courting favor
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩΣΙ — they may flatter, they may fawn, they may use flattery
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩΣΙΝ — flatter, fawn upon, pay court to, be a sycophant
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