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• ἀπόλαυσις
• ἐμπιμπλάω , ἐμπίμπλημι , ἐμπιπλάω , ἐμπίπ
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used transitively, denotes "to hit upon, meet with;" then, "to reach, get, obtain;" it is translated "enjoy" (i.e., obtain to our satisfaction) in Acts 24:2 . See CHANCE , COMMON , Note (3), OBTAIN.

"enjoyment" (from apolauo, "to take hold of, enjoy a thing"), suggests the advantage or pleasure to be obtained from a thing (from a root, lab---, seen in lambano, "to obtain"); it is used with the preposition eis, in 1 Timothy 6:17 , lit., "unto enjoyment," rendered "to enjoy;" with echo, "to have," in Hebrews 11:25 , lit., "to have pleasure (of sin)," translated "to enjoy the pleasures." See PLEASURE.