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G4140 πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

satisfaction, indulgence

Strong's Definition

a filling up, i.e. (figuratively) gratification

Derivation: from a presumed derivative of G4130 (πλήθω);

KJV Usage: satisfying

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πλησμονή, πλησμονῆς, ἡ (πίμπλημι (cf. Winers Grammar, 94 (89))), repletion, satiety (Vulg.saturitas): πρός πλησμονήν σαρκός, for the satisfying of the flesh, to satiate the desires of the flesh (see σάρξ, 4), Col_2:23, cf. Meyer at the passage; (others (including R. V.) render the phrase against (i. e. for the remedy of) the indulgence of the flesh; see Lightfoot at the passage, and πρός. I. 1 c.). (Aristophanes, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others; the Sept..)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πλησμονή plēsmonē 1x a filling up; met. gratification, satisfaction, Col_2:23

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πλησμονή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < πίμπλημι ), [in LXX chiefly for H7649 and cognate forms;] a filling up, satiety: πρὸς Papyri σαρκός ( RV , against the indulgence of the flesh ; but ICC , in l , for the full satisfaction of the flesh , op. cit., 276 ff .), Col_2:23 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πλησμονή [page 520] πλησμονή is best understood in malam partem repletion, satiety, in the difficult passage Col_2:23 ; see Lightfoot s note ad l. , and to his citations add Euripides Fr. 887 ἐν πλησμονῇ τοι Κύπρις , ἐν πεινῶντι δ᾽ οὔ . Cf. also Artem. p. 199 .18 πλησμονῆς ἢ ἐνδείας .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

πλησμονή πλησμονή, ἡ, [Etym: πίμπλημι] "a filling or being filled, satiety;" esp. of food, "repletion, satiety, surfeit", Eur. , Xen. :—c. gen., τῶν ἄλλων ἐστι πλ. Ar.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πλησμονή, -ῆς, ἡ (πίμπλημι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׂבֵעַ and cognate forms ;] a filling up, satiety: πρὸς π. σαρκός (RV, against the indulgence of the flesh; but ICC, in l, for the full satisfaction of the flesh, op. cit., 276 ff.), Col.2:23.† (AS)

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