Quick Definition
προσωποληψία, ας, ἡ n.f. partiality, favoritism
Strong's Definition
from 4381; partiality, i.e. favoritism
KJV Usage: respect of persons
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ὁράω + λαμβάνω
88.238 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Show Favoritism, Prejudice
to show favoritism, to be partial, partiality to make unjust distinctions between people by treating one person better than another ‘To show favoritism’ or ‘to be partial’ is expressed in an idiomatic manner in some languages, for example, ‘to look only upon a person’s face,’ ‘to call a sparrow a chicken,’ or ‘to give one’s clansman the best piece of meat.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσωποληψία (LT Tr WH -λημψία [see M, μ7), -as, 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: Ro. ii. 11; Eph. vi. 9; Col. iii. 25; plur. (which relates to the various occasions and instances in which this fault shows itself [cf. W. 176 (166); B. 8 128, 2, 27), 748. 11. 1. (Eecles. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσωπολημψία prosōpolēmpsia 4x
respect of persons, partiality, Rom. 2:11; Eph. 6:9; Col. 3:25; Jas. 2:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† προσωπολημψία (Rec. -ληψία), -ας, ἡ
(< προσωπολήμπτης),
respect of persons: Ro 2:11, Eph 6:9, Col 3:25, Ja 2:1 (v. Mayor, in l.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσωποληψία (prosōpolēpsia) — favoritism. προσωπο-ληψία, ἡ, respect of persons, [NT]