Men-pleasers

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1anthropareskosG441

an adjective signifying "studying to please men" (anthropos, "man," aresko, "to please"), designates, "not simply one who is pleasing to men ..., but one who endeavors to please men and not God" (Cremer). It is used in Eph 6:6, Col 3:22. In the Sept., Psa 53:5.