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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Deuteronomy 21:20), Hebrews zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out," "to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Proverbs 23:21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Proverbs 28:7, the word (pl.) is rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version, "gluttonous." Matthew 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous.

Noah Webster's Dictionary

1. (n.) One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

2. (n.) Fig.: One who gluts himself.

3. (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverine. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

4. (a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

5. (v. t. & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously.

Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GLUTTON; GLUTTONOUS

glut'-'-n, glut'-'-n-us (zalal, "to be lavish"; phagos): "Glutton" (from glut, to swallow greedily) is the translation of zolel from zalal, "to shake or pour out," "to be lavish, a squanderer." In Deuteronomy 21:20, "This our son. is a glutton, and a drunkard," the word may mean a squanderer or prodigal; the English Revised Version has "a riotous liver." In Proverbs 23:21, "For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty" (following zole bhasar, "squanderers of flesh," the Revised Version (British and American) "gluttonous eaters of flesh"), "glutton" in the usual sense is intended; "a man gluttonous," "a gluttonous man" (the Revised Version) (phagos, "an eater," "a glutton") was a term applied to Christ in His freedom from asceticism (Matthew 11:19 Luke 7:34).

The Revised Version has "idle gluttons" (margin Greek, "bellies") for "slow bellies" (Titus 1:12); "gluttonous" "gluttons," for "riotous" (Proverbs 23:20; Proverbs 28:7).

W. L. Walker

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Glutton (4 Occurrences)

Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children. " (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' (Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 21:20 and they shall tell the elders of his city, "This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard." (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 23:21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)




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