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plēsmonḗ

indulgence

Say it: play-smon-AY (approximate)

πλησμονή

What it means

Satisfaction, filling up, indulgence. In 2:23, "against the indulgence of the flesh" can also mean "to satisfy the flesh"; the verse is hard to translate. It appears only here.

Open question Debated

Range of meaning

  • SatisfactionFilling up.
  • IndulgenceGiving in.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 2

    "Against the indulgence of the flesh" (2:23).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4140 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources