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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(Deuteronomy 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 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.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Glutton'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​g/glutton.html. 1897.
 
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