Bible Encyclopedia: Luxury

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Greek

4764. strenos -- insolent luxury
... insolent luxury. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: strenos Phonetic
Spelling: (stray'-nos) Short Definition: wantonness, luxury Definition ...
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5172. truphe -- softness, daintiness, luxuriousness
... luxuriousness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: truphe Phonetic Spelling:
(troo-fay') Short Definition: effeminate luxury Definition: effeminate ...
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4684. spatalao -- to live riotously
... 4684 -- properly, to indulge in luxury (unneeded surplus). ... live in pleasure, be wanton.
From spatale (luxury); to be voluptuous -- live in pleasure, be wanton. ...
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5171. truphao -- to live luxuriously
... indulgently. Cognate: 5171 (from 5172 , "breakdown of character from living
in luxury") -- to live indulgently (luxuriously). See 5172 (). ...
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4763. streniao -- to run riot
... revel, riot. Cognate: 4763 -- living in sensual, lustful behavior, ie in
self-indulgence (wanton luxury). See 4764 (). Word Origin ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8588. taanug -- daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight
... 8587, 8588. taanug. 8589 . daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight. Transliteration:
taanug Phonetic Spelling: (tah-an-oog') Short Definition: charms. ...
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5730a. eden -- a luxury, dainty, delight
... 5730, 5730a. eden. 5730b . a luxury, dainty, delight. Transliteration:
eden Short Definition: delicacies. Word Origin from an unused ...
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5730. eden -- a luxury, dainty, delight
... 5729, 5730. eden. 5730a . a luxury, dainty, delight. Transliteration: eden
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-den) Short Definition: delicate. delicate, delight, pleasure ...
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6027. oneg -- daintiness, exquisite delight
... luxurious (1). delight, pleasant. From anag; luxury -- delight, pleasant. see
HEBREW anag. 6026, 6027. oneg. 6028 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Psalm 78 Part 3 the Punishment of Luxury and Intemperance.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 78 PART 3 The punishment of luxury and
intemperance. CM The punishment of luxury and intemperance. ...
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Argument. --But, on the Ground that Liberty in Meats is Granted to ...
... Argument."But, on the Ground that Liberty in Meats is Granted to Us, There is No
Permission of Luxury, There is No Taking Away of Continence and Fasting: for ...
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Next He Reproaches them with their Luxury in Seeking Pleasure for ...
... Book 4 Chapter 19. Next he reproaches them with their luxury in seeking
pleasure for the sense of� 19. Next he reproaches them ...
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Psalm 78:3. Third Part. The Punishment of Luxury and Intemperance ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 78:3. Third Part. The punishment of
luxury and intemperance; or, Chastisement and salvation. ...
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That those who Complain of Christianity Really Desire to Live ...
... The City of God.Book I. Chapter 30."That Those Who Complain of Christianity
Really Desire to Live Without Restraint in Shameful Luxury. ...
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Of the Two Classes of Voluptuous Men, and of their Death, Falling ...
... [290] ]. Chap. II. And he said to me, "Do you see this shepherd?" "I see him, sir,"
I said. "This," he answered, "is the angel [291] of luxury and deceit: he ...
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Of the Corruption which had Grown Upon the Roman Republic Before ...
... manners, instead of undergoing insensible alteration, as hitherto they had done,
were swept away as by a torrent; and how depraved by luxury and avarice the ...
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Matt. x. 7, 8, 9
... Much less could any one say this, that he was indeed firm, but having made
himself a slave to luxury, he afterwards became languid. ...
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How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It.
... There have been some good and holy men who, when they saw intemperance and luxury
perpetually carried to excess, if not strictly curbed, and were desirous to ...
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Argument. --To These Things Also was Added Another Reason for ...
... And such moderation is always found to be approximate to religion, nay, so to speak,
rather related and akin to it; for luxury is inimical to holiness. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

2. (n.) Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury.

3. (n.) Lechery; lust.

4. (n.) Luxuriance; exuberance.

Thesaurus

Luxury (8 Occurrences)
... and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels,
and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. ...
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Luxurious (9 Occurrences)
... (a.) of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions
of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease. ...
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Delicacy (1 Occurrence)
... for earnest action. 4. (a.) Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness;
indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment. 5. (a.) Nice ...
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Bedstead (1 Occurrence)
... Songs 3:10); but it all came about as a natural, as well as artificial development,
with changed conditions and contacts and increasing civilization and luxury...
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Bedchamber (6 Occurrences)
... Songs 3:10); but it all came about as a natural, as well as artificial development,
with changed conditions and contacts and increasing civilization and luxury...
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Bed (142 Occurrences)
... Songs 3:10); but it all came about as a natural, as well as artificial development,
with changed conditions and contacts and increasing civilization and luxury...
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Linen (111 Occurrences)
... The word "linen" is used as an emblem of moral purity (Revelation 15:6). In Luke
16:19 it is mentioned as a Mark of luxury. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Revel (6 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:7 She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury;
equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For ...
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Revelled (2 Occurrences)
... Revelled (2 Occurrences). Revelation 18:7 She has freely glorified herself and revelled
in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. ...
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Snow (25 Occurrences)
... It was "carried to Tyre, Sidon, and Damascus as a luxury, and labourers sweltering
in the hot harvest-fields used it for the purpose of cooling the water which ...
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Bible Concordance

Luxury (8 Occurrences)

Luke 7:25 But what did you go out to see? A man wearing luxurious clothes? People who are gorgeously dressed and live in luxury are found in palaces.
(WEY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 16:19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
(WEB NIV)

1 Timothy 5:6 and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;
(YLT)

James 5:5 ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
(YLT RSV NIV)

Revelation 18:7 She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For in her heart she boasts, saying, 'I sit enthroned as Queen: no widow am I: I shall never know sorrow.'
(WEY NIV)

Revelation 18:9 The kings of the earth who have committed fornication with her, and have revelled in luxury, shall weep aloud and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
(WEY NIV)

Proverbs 19:10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
(See JPS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Extravagance: General Scriptures Concerning

Luxury

Related Terms

Luxurious (9 Occurrences)

Delicacy (1 Occurrence)

Bedstead (1 Occurrence)

Bedchamber (6 Occurrences)

Bed (142 Occurrences)

Linen (111 Occurrences)

Revel (6 Occurrences)

Revelled (2 Occurrences)