STRONGS G4140:
πλησμονή,
πλησμονῆς,
ἡ (
πίμπλημι (cf.
Winers Grammar, 94 (89))),
repletion, satiety (
Vulg.saturitas):
πρός πλησμονήν σαρκός, for the satisfying of the flesh, to satiate the desires of the flesh (see
σάρξ, 4),
Colossians 2:23, cf. Meyer at the passage; (others (including
R. V.) render the phrase
against (i. e. for the remedy of)
the indulgence of the flesh; see
Lightfoot at the passage, and
πρός. I. 1 c.). (
Aristophanes,
Euripides,
Xenophon,
Plato,
Plutarch, others; the
Sept..)
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