Glutton - Biblical Meaning of glutton in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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(Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out," "to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version, "gluttonous." Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous. Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'glutton' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
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