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Glutton; Gluttonous
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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glut ´' n , glut ´' n - us ( זלל , zālal , "to be lavish"; φάγος , phágos ): "Glutton" (from glut , to swallow greedily) is the translation of zōlēl from zālal , "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 zōlē bhāsār , "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 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Glutton; Gluttonous'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/g/glutton-gluttonous.html. 1915.
