ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩΝ, κολακευων
KOLAKEUŌN, kolakeuōn
Sounds Like: koh-lah-KEH-oon
Translations: flattering, fawning, pleasing, courting favor
From the root: ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word describes the act of flattering, fawning, or trying to gain favor with someone through insincere praise or excessive politeness. It implies a motive of self-interest rather than genuine admiration. It is often used to describe someone who is trying to manipulate another person.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G2850 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Job — 19:17
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 3:51
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 29:15
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:367
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 19:17
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
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΣΑΙ — to flatter, to fawn upon, to praise excessively
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΣΩ — I will flatter, I will fawn upon, I will court
- ΚΟΛΑΚΕΥΩ — to flatter, to fawn upon, to court, to cajole
- 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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