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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Pleasure:

plezh'-ur (chephets, ratson; eudokia, hedone: "Pleasure" is the translation of various Hebrew words, chiefly of chephets, "inclination," hence, "pleasure," "delight" (Job 21:21, "What pleasure hath he in his house?" the American Standard Revised Version "what careth he for"; Job 22:3, "Is it any pleasure to the Almighty?"; Ps 111:2; Ec 5:4; 12:1; in Isa 44:28; 46:10; 48:14; 53:10, it has the sense of will or purpose, "He shall perform all my pleasure," etc.); of ratson, "delight," "acceptance," "good will" (Ezr 10:11; Ne 9:37; Es 1:8; Ps 51:18; 103:21, etc.); nephesh, "soul," "desire" is translated "pleasure" (De 23:24; Ps 105:22; Jer 34:16).

In the New Testament "pleasure" is the translation of eudokia, "good thought or will," "good pleasure" (Lu 2:14 the Revised Version margin; Eph 1:5,9; Php 2:13; 2Th 1:11 the Revised Version (British and American) "every desire of goodness," margin "Greek: ‘good pleasure of goodness.' Compare Ro 10:1").

"To take pleasure or to have pleasure" is eudokeo (2Co 12:10; 2Th 2:12; Heb 10:6,8,38); eudokeo is once translated "good pleasure" (Lu 12:32, "It is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom"); the neuter participle of dokeo, "to think," etc.-meaning "it seems good to me"-to dokoun, is translated "pleasure" (Heb 12:10, "after their pleasure," the Revised Version (British and American) "as seemed good to them"); hedone, "sweetness," "pleasure," occurs in Lu 8:14; Tit 3:3; 2Pe 2:13 (referring to the lower pleasures of life); thelema, "wish," "will" (Re 4:11, the Revised Version (British and American) "because of thy will"); charis, "favor" (Ac 24:27; 25:9, the Revised Version (British and American) "favor"); spatalao "to live voluptuously" (1Ti 5:6, the Revised Version (British and American) "she that giveth herself to pleasure"); suneudokeo, "to think well with," "to take pleasure with others" (Ro 1:32, the Revised Version (British and American) "consent with"); truphao, "to live luxuriously" (Jas 5:5, the Revised Version (British and American) "lived delicately").

The verb "to pleasure" occurs in 2 Macc 2:27 as the translation of eucharistia, the Revised Version (British and American) "gratitude"; 12:11, ophelesein, the Revised Version (British and American) "to help."

Written by W. L. Walker

Nave's Topical Bible

Pleasure: Worldly:

Job 20:12-16; 21:12, 13; Pro 9:17; 15:21; 21:17; Ecc 1:17; 2:1-13; Isa 5:11, 12; 22:12, 13; 47:8, 9; Amo 6:1; Luk 8:14; Rom 1:32; 2Th 2:12; 1Ti 5:6; 2Ti 3:4; Tts 3:3; Hbr 11:25, 26; 2Pe 2:13

See HAPPINESS; JOY; WORLDLINESS

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

A-1NounStrong's Number: g2237Greek: hedone

Pleasure:

"pleasure," is used of the gratification of the natural desire or sinful desires (akin to hedomai, "to be glad," and hedeos, "gladly"), Luk 8:14; Tts 3:3; Jam 4:1, 3, RV, "pleasures" (AV, "lusts"); in the singular, 2Pe 2:13.
See LUST.

A-2NounStrong's Number: g2107Greek: eudokia

Pleasure:

"good pleasure" (akin to eudokeo, PLEASE, No. 3), Eph 1:5, 9; Phl 2:13; 2Th 1:11.
See DESIRE, A, No. 2.

A-3NounStrong's Number: g619Greek: apolausis

Pleasure:

"enjoyment," is used with echo, "to have," and rendered "enjoy the pleasures" (lit., "pleasure") in Hbr 11:25.
See ENJOY.

Notes:

(1) In Rev 4:11, AV, thelema, "a will," is translated "(for Thy) pleasure," RV, "(because of Thy) will."

(2) For charis, translated "pleasure" in the AV of Act 24:27 and 25:9, see FAVOR, A.

B-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g5369Greek: philedonos

Pleasure:

"loving pleasure" (philos, "loving," and A, No. 1), occurs in 2Ti 3:4, RV, "lovers of pleasure" (AV, "... pleasures").
See LOVER.

Note: In 1Ti 5:6 the RV renders spatalao "giveth herself to pleasure."