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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Pleasure
• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
Thompson Chain Reference
• Pleasure-Seekers
• Pleasure, Worldly
The Topic Concordance
• Pleasure
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Pleasure
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Pleasure
King James Dictionary
• Pleasure
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Pleasure
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Pleasure
• Please, Pleasing, Well-Pleasing, Pleasure
• Pleasure
Webster Dictionary
• Pleasuring
• Pleasurer
• Pleasureful
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Pleasure
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Pleasure
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Pleasure
Lexicons
• ܒ݁ܽܘܣܳܡܳܐ
• ܒ݁ܰܣܺܝܡܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ܗܰܢܺܝܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἀπόλαυσις
• εὐδοκέω
• εὐδοκία
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• אַוָּה
• חָפֵץ , חָפַץ
• חָפֵץ
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Live in Luxury and Pleasure

PLEASURE, n. plezh'ur.

1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind agreeable sensations or emotions the excitement, relish or happiness produced by enjoyment or the expectation of good opposed to pain. We receive pleasure from the indulgence of appetite from the view of a beautiful landscape from the harmony of sounds from agreeable society from the expectation of seeing an absent friend from the prospect of gain or success of any kind. Pleasure, bodily and mental, carnal and spiritual, constitutes the whole of positive happiness, as pain constitutes the whole of misery.

Pleasure is properly positive excitement of the passions or the mind but we give the name also to the absence of excitement, when that excitement is painful as when we cease to labor, or repose after fatigue, or when the mind is tranquilized after anxiety or agitation.

Pleasure is susceptible of increase to any degree but the word when unqualified, expresses less excitement or happiness than delight or joy.

2. Sensual or sexual gratification.

3. Approbation.

The Lord taketh pleasure in his people. Psalms 147 .

and 149.

4. What the will dictates or prefers will choice purpose intention command as, use your pleasure.

Cyrus, he is my shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure. Isaiah 44

My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure.

Isaiah 46

5. A favor that which pleases.

Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul. Acts 25

6. Arbitrary will or choice. He can vary his scheme at pleasure.