Quick Definition
a kind address
Strong's Definition
fair speech, i.e. plausibility
Derivation: from a compound of G5543 (χρηστός) and G3004 (λέγω);
KJV Usage: good words
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρηστολογία, χρηστολογίας, ἡ (from χρηστολόγος, and this from χρηστός, which see, and λέγω; cf. Julius Capitolinus in the life of Pertinax c. 13 "Omnes, qui libere fabulas conferebant, male Pertinaci loquebantur, χρηστολογον eum appellantes, qui bene loqueretur et male faceret), fair speaking, the smooth and plausible address which simulates goodness": Rom_16:18. (Eustathius, p. 1437, 27 (on Iliad 23, 598); ecclesiastical writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρηστολογία chrēstologia 1x
bland address, fair speaking, Rom_16:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† χρηστολογία , -ας , ἡ
(χρηστός , λέγω ),
fair speaking: in bad sense, Rom_16:18 (in good sense also, eccl .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χρηστολογία [page 692]
in the NT only in Rom. 16:18 in the sense of fair and insinuating speech. The commentators quote jul. Capitolinus Pertinax 13 : χρηστόλογον eum appellantes qui bene loqueretur et male faceret. The word is also found in a good sense in eccles. writers.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χρηστολογία χρηστολογία, ἡ, "fair speaking, smooth speech", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χρηστολογία, -ας, ἡ
(χρηστός, λέγω),
fair speaking: in bad sense, Rom.16:18 (in good sense also, eccl.).†
(AS)