GREEK · G5314
φάγος
phagos — glutton
φάγος, -ου, ὁ (φαγεῖν, see: ἐσθίω) a glutton: Mat.11:19, Luk.7:34.† (AS)
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Glutton
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G1064
γαστήρ
gastēr — belly
γαστήρͅ, -τρός, ἡ, [in LXX for בֶּטֶן, ἐν γ. ἔχειν for הרה, ἐν γ. λαμβάνειν for חרה ;] 1. the belly: metaphorically, a glutton, Tit.1:12. 2. the womb: ἐν γ. ἔχειν, to be with child, Mat.1:18, 23" (LXX) 24:19, Mrk.13:17, Luk.21:23, 1Th.5:3, Rev.12:2; εν γ. συλλαμβ., to conceive, Luk.1:31. † (AS)
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χαραδριός
charadrios — a curlew
perhaps a yellowish bird dwelling in clefts the curlew , (Aristophanes Comicus): χαραδριοῦ βίον ζῆν, of a glutton, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
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(Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning “to shake out,” “to squander;” and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is rendered Authorized Version “riotous men;” Revised Version, “gluttonous.” Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.