Word Summary
anthrōpareskos: man-pleasing
Original Word: ἀνθρωπάρεσκοςTransliteration: anthrōpareskos
Phonetic Spelling: (anth-ro-par'-es-kos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: man-pleasing
Meaning: man-pleasing
Strong's Concordance
fawning
From anthropos and aresko; man-courting, i.e. Fawning -- men-pleaser.
see GREEK anthropos
see GREEK aresko
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 441: ἀνθρωπάρεσκοςἀνθρωπάρεσκος,
ἀνθρωπάρεσκον (
ἄνθρωπος and
ἄρεσκος agreeable, pleasing, insinuating; cf.
εὐάρεσκος,
δυσαρεσκος,
ἀυταρεσκος in
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 621); only in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings. (
Winers Grammar, 25):
studying to please men, courting the favor of men:
Ephesians 6:6;
Colossians 3:22. (
Psalm 52:6 (); (Ps. Sal. ).)