Word Summary
apolausis: enjoyment
Original Word: ἀπόλαυσιςTransliteration: apolausis
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol'-ow-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: enjoyment
Meaning: enjoyment
Strong's Concordance
enjoyment.
From a comparative of apo and lauo (to enjoy); full enjoyment -- enjoy(-ment).
see GREEK apo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 619: ἀπόλαυσιςἀπόλαυσις,
ἀπολαυσεως,
ἡ (from
ἀπολαύω to enjoy),
enjoyment (Latin
fructus):
1 Timothy 6:17 (
εἰς ἀπόλαυσιν to enjoy);
Hebrews 11:25 (
ἁμαρτίας ἀπόλαυσιν, pleasure born of sin). (In Greek writings from (
Euripides and)
Thucydides down.)