King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5542
Transliteration: chrēstologia
Phonetic Spelling: (khrase-tol-og-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: smooth speech
Meaning: smooth speech
χρηστολογία, 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.)
Word 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.)