ΚΟΛΑΚΕΙΑ, κολακεια
KOLAKEIA, kolakeia
Sounds Like: koh-lah-KAY-ah
Translations: flattery, a flattery, adulation, fawning
From the root: ΚΟΛΑΚΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of flattery or obsequious praise, often given insincerely to gain favor or advantage. It describes excessive or servile adulation. It can be used in sentences to describe the behavior of someone who is trying to curry favor with another person through insincere compliments.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2850 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΛΑΚΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΙΑΙΣ — (to) flattery, (to) adulation, (to) blandishments
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΙΑΝ — flattery, adulation, fawning, obsequiousness, a flattery
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΙΑΣ — of flattery, of adulation, of sycophancy, of servility
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