Lexical Summary chrēstologia: smooth speech Original Word: χρηστολογίαTransliteration: chrēstologia Phonetic Spelling: (khrase-tol-og-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: smooth speech Meaning: smooth speech Strong's Concordance good words. From a compound of chrestos and lego; fair speech, i.e. Plausibility -- good words. see GREEK chrestos see GREEK lego Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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