What does πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ) mean in the Bible?
πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ): Satisfaction of fleshly desires; the state of being fully filled or gratified, often negatively in Paul's ethics
Greek · G4140
πλησμονή
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πλησμονή G4140
Pronunciation plēsmonḗ
What does πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ) mean in the Bible?
πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ): Satisfaction of fleshly desires; the state of being fully filled or gratified, often negatively in Paul's ethics
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How does the BSB render G4140?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [the] indulgence (1).
Where does πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 2:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the] indulgence 1× Colossians 2:23
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First aligned row Colossians 2:23
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Colossians 1
Source forms
πλησμονὴν 1x plēsmonēn Colossians 2:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Colossians 2:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Satisfaction of fleshly desires; the state of being fully filled or gratified, often negatively in Paul's ethics
Strong's G4140
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
gratification
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Satisfaction of fleshly desires; the state of being fully filled or gratified, often negatively in Paul's ethics
(πίμπλημι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׂבֵעַ and cognate forms ;] a filling up, satiety: πρὸς π. σαρκός (RV, against the indulgence of the flesh; but ICC, in l, for the full satisfaction of the flesh, op. cit., 276 ff.), Col.2:23.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 2:23 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πλησμονὴν plhsmonhn
satisfaction, indulgence
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Col 2:23 1×
Word Origins
πλησμονή is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain