Lexical Summary prosōpolēpsia: respect of persons Original Word: προσωποληψίαTransliteration: prosōpolēpsia Phonetic Spelling: (pros-o-pol-ape-see'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: respect of persons Meaning: respect of persons Strong's Concordance partialityFrom prosopoleptes; partiality, i.e. Favoritism -- respect of persons. see GREEK prosopoleptes Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4382: προσωποληψίαπροσωποληψία (L T Tr WH προσωπολημψία (see Mu)), προσωποληψιας, ἡ (a Hellenistic formation; (see προσωπολήπτης)), respect of persons (Vulg.personarum acceptio), partiality, the fault of one who when called on to requite or to give judgment has respect to the outward circumstances of men and not to their intrinsic merits, and so prefers, as the more worthy, one who is rich, high-born, or powerful, to another who is destitute of such gifts: Romans 2:11; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25; plural (which relates to the various occasions and instances in which this fault shows itself (cf. Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, § 123, 2, 2)), James 2:1. (Ecclesiastical writings.) |
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