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
πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ): Satisfaction of fleshly desires; the state of being fully filled or gratified, often negatively in Paul's ethics
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πλησμονήG4140
Pronunciationplēsmonḗ
What does πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ) mean in the Bible?
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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
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How English Renders It[the] indulgence1×Colossians 2:23
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First aligned rowColossians 2:23
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Colossians1
Source forms
πλησμονὴν1xplēsmonēnColossians 2:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xColossians 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'sG4140
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
gratification
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 2:23Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πλησμονὴνplhsmonhn
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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineCol 2:231×
Word Origins
πλησμονή is built from this root: