Glutton
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Deuteronomy 21:20Proverbs 23:21Proverbs 28:7Matthew 11:19Luke 7:34
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Deuteronomy 21:20Proverbs 28:7 Deuteronomy 21:20 Deuteronomy 21:20 Proverbs 28:7 Proverbs 28:7 Matthew 11:19Luke 7:34Proverbs 23:21
King James Dictionary [3]
GLUT'TON, n. glut'n. Low L. gluto. One who indulges to excess in eating.
1. One eager of any thing to excess.
Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.
2. In zoology, an animal of the genus Ursus, found in the N. of Europe and Siberia. It grows to the length of three feet,but has short legs and moves slowly. It is a carnivorous animal, and in order to catch its prey, it climbs a tree and from that darts down upon a deer or other animal. It is names from its voracious appetite.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [4]
denotes "a belly;" it is used in Titus 1:12 , with the adjective argos, "idle," metaphorically, to signify a glutton, RV, "(idle) gluttons" [AV "(slow) bellies"]; elsewhere, Luke 1:31 . See Womb.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(זוֹלֵל, zole', Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:21; a "riotous" person, Proverbs 23:20; Proverbs 28:7, i.e., prodigal, voluptuous debauchee; φάγος, given to eating, "gluttonous," Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34).
