Flattery (-ing) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Flattery (-ing)
[ 1,,G2850, kolakia ]akin to kolakeuo, to flatter," is used in 1 Thessalonians 2:5 of "words of flattery" (RV), adopted as "a cloke of covetousness," i.e., words which "flattery" uses, not simply as an effort to give pleasure, but with motives of self-interest.