What does ἀνθρωπάρεσκος (anthrōpáreskos) mean in the Bible?
ἀνθρωπάρεσκος (anthrōpáreskos): Someone who shapes conduct solely to gain human approval rather than serve God's purposes faithfully.
Greek · G441
ἀνθρωπάρεσκος
People-pleaser
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ἀνθρωπάρεσκοςG441
Pronunciationanthrōpáreskos
What does ἀνθρωπάρεσκος (anthrōpáreskos) mean in the Bible?
ἀνθρωπάρεσκος (anthrōpáreskos): Someone who shapes conduct solely to gain human approval rather than serve God's purposes faithfully.
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How does the BSB render G441?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to please them (2).
Where does ἀνθρωπάρεσκος (anthrōpáreskos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 6:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1), Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itto please them2×Ephesians 6:6, Colossians 3:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowEphesians 6:6
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Ephesians1Colossians1
Source forms
ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι2xanthrōpareskoiEphesians 6:6, Colossians 3:22
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural2xEphesians 6:6, Colossians 3:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Someone who shapes conduct solely to gain human approval rather than serve God's purposes faithfully.
Strong'sG441
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkEphesians 6:5-9Source Gloss
people-pleaser
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 6:6Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι,anqrwpareskoi
desirous of pleasing men
Read verseColossians 3:22Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι,anqrwpareskoi
desirous of pleasing men
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineEph 6:6 · Col 3:222×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Servants warned against serving with eye-service to please men rather than Christ
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀνθρωπάρεσκος is built from these roots: