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in a bad sense in classical writers. Moulton and Milligan illustrate from the papyri its use
in a favorable sense, and Deissmann (
0
- $
) from an inscription.¶ In the Sept,
Prov. 31:30.¶
PLEASURE
A. Nouns.
1.
(
4
)
, 2237), “pleasure,” is used of the gratification of the natural desire
or sinful desires (akin to
, “to be glad,” and
, “gladly”), Luke 8:14; Titus
3:3; Jas. 4:1, 3,
RV
, “pleasures” (
KJV
, “lusts”); in the singular, 2 Pet. 2:13. See
LUST
.¶
2.
$
(
'
&
, 2107), “good pleasure” (akin to
$
, PLEASE, No. 3),
Eph. 1:5, 9; Phil. 2:13; 2 Thess. 1:11. See
DESIRE
, A, No. 2.
3.
$
(
, 619), “enjoyment,” is used with
, “to have,” and
rendered “enjoy the pleasures” (lit., “pleasure”) in Heb. 11:25. See
ENJOY
.
Notes:
(1) In Rev. 4:11,
KJV
,
, “a will,” is translated “(for Thy) pleasure,”
RV
,
“(because of Thy) will.” (2) For
, translated “pleasure” in the
KJV
of Acts 24:27 and
25:9, see
FAVOR
, A.
B. Adjective.
(
)
, 5369), “loving pleasure” (
, “loving,” and A, No. 1),
occurs in 2 Tim. 3:4,
RV
, “lovers of pleasure” (
KJV
, “… pleasures”). See
LOVER
.¶
Note:
In 1 Tim. 5:6 the
RV
renders
“giveth herself to pleasure.”
PLENTEOUS
$
(
"
, 4183), “much,” is rendered “plenteous” in Matt. 9:37, of a harvest of
souls, and Luke 10:2,
RV
(
KJV
, “great”). See
GREAT
.
PLENTIFULLY
Note:
This translates the prefix
$
(“well”) of the verb
$
, “to produce well,”
in Luke 12:16, “brought forth plentifully.”¶
PLOT
$
(
#
)
, 1917), lit., “a plan against” ( , “against,”
$
, “a counsel,
plan”), is translated “plot” in the
RV
(
KJV
, “laying await” and “lying in wait”) in Acts
9:24; 20:3, 19; 23:30.¶
PLOUGH, PLOW
A. Noun.
(
/$ $
, 723), from
, “to plough,” occurs in Luke 9:62.¶
B. Verb.
(
$ $
, 722), akin to A, a later form of
, “to plow,” occurs in Luke
17:7 and 1 Cor. 9:10.¶
PLUCK (out)
1.
(
&
, 5089) is used of “plucking off ears of corn,” Matt. 12:1; Mark 2:23;
Luke 6:1.¶ In the Sept., Isa. 18:7.¶