ἐντρυφάω
entrypháō · G1792 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to revel, to carouse, to live a life of luxury
To live a life of luxury, usually associated with intemperate feasting and drinking
Examples2 Peter 2:13 suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions as they feast with you,
How it’s used In 2 roles
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Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ ἀπάτηdeceit, deception 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- σπαταλάω spataláō · G4684 · to live indulgently
- Both denote indulgence in sensual pleasure and luxurious living; σπαταλάω emphasizes wanton luxury and self-indulgence, while ἐντρυφάω emphasizes reveling or carousing in pleasure
- ἀσωτία asōtía · G810 · senseless deeds, reckless deeds, recklessness
- Both relate to excessive indulgence; ἀσωτία (noun) denotes the lifestyle of dissipation and debauchery that ἐντρυφάω (verb) describes as an activity of reveling
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἐγκρατεύομαι enkrateúomai · G1467 · to control oneself, to exercise self-control, self-control
- Lexical opposite: ἐντρυφάω denotes unrestrained indulgence in sensual pleasure, while ἐγκρατεύομαι denotes self-control and restraint from excess
In the other Testament 1 word
- עָנַג ʻânag · H6026 · to be delicate, to be gentle
- Hebrew term for delighting oneself in luxury and pleasure, closely paralleling the Greek concept of reveling in sensual indulgence
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To revel, to carouse, to live a life of luxury88.253
- This verb describes indulgent, self-gratifying revelry, used of Peter's description of false teachers who count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime — "They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime" (2 Peter 2:13).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐντρύφω; (see τρυφάω and τρυφή); to live in luxury, live delicately or luxuriously, to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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