Glutton
φάγοςStrong’s G5314phagos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phagos is the Greek word usually translated “glutton”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.”
Meaning
Usually translated “glutton”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a glutton 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
φάγος phagos · glutton
φάγος, -ου, ὁ (φαγεῖν, see: ἐσθίω) a glutton: Mat.11:19, Luk.7:34.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “glutton” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GLUT'TON, noun
glut'n. [Low Latin gluto.] One who indulges to excess in eating.
- One eager of any thing to excess.
- In zoology, an animal of the genus Ursus, found in the noun of Europe and Siberia.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.