Bible Dictionary: Flattery

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.

Greek

2850. kolakeia -- flattery
... flattery. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kolakeia Phonetic Spelling:
(kol-ak-i'-ah) Short Definition: flattery Definition: flattery, with a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2514. chalaqqah -- smoothness, flattery
... 2513b, 2514. chalaqqah. 2515 . smoothness, flattery. Transliteration: chalaqqah
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ak-kaw') Short Definition: smooth. ... flattery. ...
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2513b. chelqah -- smooth part, smoothness, flattery
... 2513a, 2513b. chelqah. 2514 . smooth part, smoothness, flattery.
Transliteration: chelqah Short Definition: flattering. Word Origin ...
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2506. cheleq -- portion, tract, territory
... territory (1). flattery, inheritance, part, partake, portion. From chalaq;
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment ...
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2519. chalaqlaqqoth -- smoothness
... flattery, slippery. By reduplication from chalaq; properly, something very smooth;
ie A treacherous spot; figuratively, blandishment -- flattery, slippery. ...
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4260. machamaah -- smoother than butter
... than butter. A denominative from chem'ah; something buttery (ie Unctuous and pleasant),
as (figuratively) flattery -- X than butter. see HEBREW chem'ah. ...
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2513. chelqah -- a portion (of ground)
... Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment --
field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground ...
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Library

Whether Flattery is a Sin?
... OF FLATTERY (TWO ARTICLES) Whether flattery is a sin? Objection 1: It seems
that flattery is not a sin. For flattery consists in ...
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Of Flattery (Two Articles)
... OF FLATTERY (TWO ARTICLES). We must now consider the vices opposed to the aforesaid
virtue: (1) Flattery, and (2) Quarreling. ... (1) Whether flattery is a sin? ...
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Whether Flattery is a Mortal Sin?
... OF FLATTERY (TWO ARTICLES) Whether flattery is a mortal sin? Objection
1: It seems that flattery is a mortal sin. For, according ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether flattery is a mortal.htm

Flattery or Magic.
... Homily V. Chapter VIII."Flattery or Magic. ... But neither is it easy to persuade
her by flattery, for the woman is very much of a philosopher.'. ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter viii flattery or magic.htm

Of Flattery.
... Section VIII. Of Flattery. The last of Verbal injuries to our Neighbor which
I shall mention, is Flattery. This is indeed the fatalest ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section viii of flattery.htm

That Flattery is Pernicious.
... Third Book. 115. That flattery is pernicious. In Isaiah: "They who call you blessed,
lead you into error, and trouble the paths of your feet." [4627]. ...
/.../three books of testimonies against the jews/115 that flattery is pernicious.htm

Whether Quarreling is a More Grievous Sin than Flattery?
... OF QUARRELING (TWO ARTICLES) Whether quarreling is a more grievous sin
than flattery? Objection 1 ... viz. adulation or flattery. For ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether quarreling is a more.htm

The Good Faith of those who are Easily Bought Over with Money or ...
... Book II. Chapter XXIII. The good faith of those who are easily bought
over with money or flattery is� The good faith of those ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxiii the good faith.htm

The Truth Probably Is, that the Scandalous Tales are True, While ...
... Section 17. The truth probably is, that the scandalous tales are true, while the
divine attributes ascribed to them are due to the flattery of the poets. ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 17 the truth probably.htm

Letter v. --A Testimonial.
... For assuredly no one would ever charge me with flattery, when I say this, if he
were to look at my age and your life: for grey hairs are out of season for ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter v a testimonial.htm

Thesaurus

Flattery (11 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Flattery (11 Occurrences). ... Job 17:5 He that speaketh flattery
to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. (KJV JPS WBS). ...
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Court (172 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to
gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. ...
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Herod (45 Occurrences)
... environment and with a different character, Herod the Great might have been worthy
of the surname which he now bears only as a tribute of inane flattery. ...
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Utterly (170 Occurrences)
... men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but are slaves to their
own appetites; and by their plausible words and their flattery they utterly ...
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Greed (19 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery,
as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness), (See NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Wayward (14 Occurrences)
... thee. (ASV). Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the
flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. (WEB NIV). Proverbs ...
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Immoral (16 Occurrences)
... falsehood. (WEB NAS NIV). Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the immoral woman,
from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. (WEB NIV). ...
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Fawn (2 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. FAWN. fon. See DEER. Multi-Version Concordance Fawn (2 Occurrences ...
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Foreigner's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Foreigner's (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 6:24 To keep thee
from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue. (ASV). ...
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Flatter (5 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait
flatters him. 7. (vi) To use flattery or insincere praise. ...
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Bible Concordance

Flattery (11 Occurrences)

Romans 16:18 For men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but are slaves to their own appetites; and by their plausible words and their flattery they utterly deceive the minds of the simple.
(WEY NIV)

1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
(WEB WEY ASV YLT RSV NIV)

Job 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Job 32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
(DBY RSV)

Job 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; else would my Maker soon take me away.
(See NIV)

Psalms 12:2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
(YLT)

Psalms 12:3 Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
(YLT)

Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 7:21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
(YLT)

Daniel 11:32 And those acting wickedly 'against' the covenant, he defileth by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have wrought.
(See RSV NIV)

Daniel 11:34 And in their stumbling, they are helped -- a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Flattery by Darius's Courtiers

Flattery by False Prophets

Flattery by Gideon

Flattery by Herod Agrippa Ii

Flattery by Israel and Judah

Flattery by Jacob