Flattering
Bible Usage:
- flat used 4 times.
- flattering used 8 times.
- First Reference: Job 32:21
- Last Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Flattering
FLAT'TERING, participle present tense
1. Gratifying with praise; pleasing by applause; wheedling; coaxing.
2. adjective Pleasing to pride or vanity; gratifying to self-love; as a flattering eulogy. The minister gives a flattering account of his reception at court.
3. Pleasing; favorable; encouraging hope. We have a flattering prospect of an abundant harvest. The symptoms of the disease are flattering
4. Practicing adulation; uttering false praise; as a flattering tongue.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Flatteringly
FLAT'TERINGLY, adverb
1. In a flattering manner; in a manner to flatter.
2. In a manner to favor; with partiality.