noun · feminine
apolausias
Strong’sG619
the faculty or experience of enjoyment
stem apolausi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἀπόλαυσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀπολαύω, to take of, enjoy a thing), [in LXX: III Mac 7:16*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G619 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-ol'-ow-sis
full enjoyment
Fromfrom a comparative of G575 and λαύω (to enjoy);
King Jamesenjoy(-ment).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
act of enjoying, fruition, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἀνεύφραντοςRefs 2nd c.AD+
II result of enjoying, pleasure, αἱ ἀ. αἱ σωματικαίRefs 4th c.BC+; ὁ κατ᾽ ἀπόλαυσιν βίος a life of pleasure, Refs
II.2 with genitive, aduantage got from a thing, σίτων καὶ ποτῶνRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀπόλαυσιν εἰκοῦς (accusative absolutely) as a reward for your resemblance, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἀδικημάτων advantage, fruit of them, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | apolausias | apolausiais |
| object accusative | apolausian2×ἀπόλαυσιν | apolausiain |
| direct address vocative | apolausiar | apolausiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | apolausiau | apolausiaiu |
| to, for dative | apolausia | apolausiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
apolausia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
apolausian“enjoy”objectaccusative singular2×
1 Timothy 6:17… to parecharōnto ni panteim plousiōs eis apolausian,… provides all things for us to enjoy.
Hebrews 11:25… tou theou ē proskairan echarō hamartau apolausian,… rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.