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1: ἀνθρωπάρεσκος

(Strong's #441 — Adjective — anthropareskos — anth-ro-par'-es-kos )

an adjective signifying "studying to please men" (anthropos, "man," aresko, "to please"), designates, "not simply one who is pleasing to men ..., but one who endeavors to please men and not God" (Cremer). It is used in Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22 . In the Sept., Psalm 53:5 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Men-Pleasers'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​m/men-pleasers.html. 1940.
 
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