Romans 16:18:17Rom.16.18.W17TAB
χρηστολογίας
khrēstologias
“smooth speech”
- Transliteration
- khrē-sto-lo-GI-as
- Extended
- khrêe-stoh-loh-GIH-ahs
- IPA
- /kʰrɛː.sto.loˈgi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- smooth speech
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
khrē-sto-lo-GI-as
- sentence
hoi gar toi-OU-toi tôi KY-ree-ō hê-MON khree-STÔI ou dou-LEU-ou-sin al-LA têi he-au-TÔN koi-LI-ai kai di-A tês khrē-sto-lo-GI-as kai eu-lo-GI-as ek-sa-pa-TOU-si tas kar-DI-as tôn a-KA-kōn
Exegesis
The instrumental dia tēs chrestologías kai eulogías {διὰ τῆς χρηστολογίας καὶ εὐλογίας | diá tês chrēstologías kai eulogías} conveys means, rendered as “through smooth talk” and “with flattery,” and the verb exapatôsi {ἐξαπατῶσι | exapatôsi} resumes the action “they deceive” with tas kardías tôn akákōn {τὰς καρδίας τῶν ἀκάκων | tàs kardías tôn akákōn} as the object, highlighting how the innocent are misled at the level of the inner self.
In context — Romans 16:18
For people like that do not serve our Lord Christ , but serve their own belly, and through smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:18:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Romans 16:18, so the Greek word χρηστολογίας (khrēstologias) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.18.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.18.W17.S1) and character.