What does χρηστολογία (chrēstología) mean in the Bible?
χρηστολογία (chrēstología): Deceptively pleasant speech masking harmful intent; flattery designed to deceive the naive
Greek · G5542
χρηστολογία
Smooth talk
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χρηστολογία G5542
Pronunciation chrēstología
What does χρηστολογία (chrēstología) mean in the Bible?
χρηστολογία (chrēstología): Deceptively pleasant speech masking harmful intent; flattery designed to deceive the naive
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How does the BSB render G5542?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include smooth talk (1).
Where does χρηστολογία (chrēstología) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 16:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (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 It smooth talk 1× Romans 16:18
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First aligned row Romans 16:18
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Romans 1
Source forms
χρηστολογίας 1x chrēstologias Romans 16:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Romans 16:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deceptively pleasant speech masking harmful intent; flattery designed to deceive the naive
Strong's G5542
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
smooth talk
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Deceptively pleasant speech masking harmful intent; flattery designed to deceive the naive
(χρηστός, λέγω), fair speaking: in bad sense, Rom.16:18 (in good sense also, eccl.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 16:18 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
χρηστολογίας crhstologiav
a kind address
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 16:18 1×
Word Origins
χρηστολογία is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain