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G5369 φιλήδονος (philḗdonos)
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φιλήδονος, ον Adj pleasure-loving

Strong's Definition

from 5384 and 2237; fond of pleasure, i.e. voluptuous

KJV Usage: lover of pleasure

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | φιλέω + ἡδονή

25.112 · Attitudes and Emotions · Enjoy, Take Pleasure In, Be Fond of Doing

given over to pleasure, lover of pleasure, loving pleasure pertaining to being fond of pleasure and enjoyment

2TI 3:4

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φιλήδονος, -ον, (φίλος and ἡδονή), loving pleasure: 2 Tim. iii. 4. (Polyb. 40, 6, 10; Plut., Leian., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

φιλήδονος philēdonos 1x

pleasure-loving; a lover of pleasure, 2 Tim. 3:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† φιλήδονος, -ον

(φίλος, ἡδονή),

loving pleasure: II Ti 3:4 (Polyb., Plut. al.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φιλήδονος to regard the two verbs as synonymous, even in Jn 2118 : cf. 76. 137° with 207, and see 7b. 115 5, 36 The meaning ‘‘kiss,’”’ which φιλέω has in Mk 1444 a/., is seen in PSI I. 2613 (act of martyrs—v/a.D.) ἐκράτησίεν αὐτοῦ τὴν] χεῖραν καὶ ἐφίλησεν. For an exhaustive discussion on ‘“‘ The Terminology of Love in the New Testament,” see B. B. Warfield in The Princeton Theological Review xvi. (1918), pp. 1 ff., 153 ff.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

φιλήδονος (philēdonos) — pleasure-loving. φῐλήδ-ονος, ον, (ἡδονή) fond of pleasure, [NT+2nd c.BC+]

2. wont to bring delight, Βάκχοιο νᾶμα [Refs]

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