King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4684
Transliteration: spatalaō
Phonetic Spelling: (spat-al-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to live riotously
Meaning: to live riotously
σπαταλάω, σπατάλω; 1 aorist ἐσπατάλησα; (σπατάλῃ, riotous living, luxury); to live luxuriously, lead a voluptuous life, (give oneself to pleasure): 1 Timothy 5:6; James 5:5. (Proverbs 29:21; Amos 6:4 (in both of these passages, κατασπαταλασθε; Ezekiel 16:49); Sir. 21:15; Epistle of Barnabas 10, 3 [ET]; Polybius excerpt the Vat., p. 451 (i. e., 37, 4, 6 (edited by Didot)), and occasionally in later and inferior writings.)
Word Summary
spatalaō: to live riotously
Original Word: σπαταλάωTransliteration: spatalaō
Phonetic Spelling: (spat-al-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to live riotously
Meaning: to live riotously
Strong's Concordance
live in pleasure, be wanton. From spatale (luxury); to be voluptuous -- live in pleasure, be wanton.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4684: σπαταλάωσπαταλάω, σπατάλω; 1 aorist ἐσπατάλησα; (σπατάλῃ, riotous living, luxury); to live luxuriously, lead a voluptuous life, (give oneself to pleasure): 1 Timothy 5:6; James 5:5. (Proverbs 29:21; Amos 6:4 (in both of these passages, κατασπαταλασθε; Ezekiel 16:49); Sir. 21:15; Epistle of Barnabas 10, 3 [ET]; Polybius excerpt the Vat., p. 451 (i. e., 37, 4, 6 (edited by Didot)), and occasionally in later and inferior writings.)