Original Word: προσωποληψία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: prosópolémpsia
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-o-pol-ape-see'-ah)
Definition: respect of persons
Usage: partiality, favoritism.Word Origin
from prosópolémptés
Definition
respect of persons
NASB Translation
partiality (3), personal favoritism (1).

STRONGS NT 4382: προσωποληψία

προσωποληψία (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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

partiality

From prosopoleptes; partiality, i.e. Favoritism -- respect of persons.

see GREEK prosopoleptes

Forms and Transliterations

προσωπολημψια προσωπολημψία προσωπολημψιαις προσωπολημψίαις προσωποληψία προσωποληψίαις prosopolempsia prosopolempsía prosōpolēmpsia prosōpolēmpsía prosopolempsiais prosopolempsíais prosōpolēmpsiais prosōpolēmpsíais

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