Strong's Lexicon
G4346 — πρόσκλισις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4346 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρόσκλισις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G4314 and G2827 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | prosklisis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pros'-klis-is |
| Meaning: | 1. a leaning towards 2. (figuratively) proclivity (favoritism) |
| KJV Renderings: | partiality |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρόσκλησις, προσκλησεως, ἡ,
1. a judicial summons: Aristophanes, Plato, Demosthenes.
2. an invitation: μηδέν ποιῶν κατά πρόσκλησιν, 1Ti 5:21 L Tr marginal reading; this reading, unless (as can hardly be doubted) it be due to itacism, must be translated by invitation, i. e. the invitation or summons of those who seek to draw you over to their side (see quotations in Tdf. at the passage Cf. πρόσκλισις.)
STRONGS NT 4346: πρόσκλισιςπρόσκλισις, προσκλισεως, ἡ, an inclination or proclivity of mind, a jollying the party of one (Polybius (Diodorus)); partiality: κατά πρόσκλισιν, led by partiality (Vulg.in (aliam on) alteram partem declinando), 1Ti 5:21 (R G T WH Tr text); κατά προσκλισεις, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 21, 7 [ET]; δίχα προσκλισεως ἀνθρωπίνης, ibid. 50, 2 [ET], cf. 47, 3f [ET]. (Cf. πρόσκλησις.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρόσκλισις (partiality)
1 Timothy 5:21
- KJV: I charge before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that thou observe these things without preferring one before another doing nothing by partiality
- GK: διαμαρτύρομαι ενώπιον του θεού και κυρίου Ιησού χριστού και των εκλεκτών αγγέλων ίνα ταύτα φυλάξης χωρίς προκρίματος μηδέν ποιών κατά πρόσκλισιν
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