Bible Dictionary: Enjoyment

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.

2. (n.) That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

Greek

619. apolausis -- enjoyment
... enjoyment. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: apolausis Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-ol'-ow-sis) Short Definition: the faculty or experience of enjoyment ...
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4077. pege -- a spring (of water)
... from pegnumi (through the idea of gushing plumply); a fount (literally or figuratively),
ie Source or supply (of water, blood, enjoyment) (not necessarily the ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2363b. chush -- to feel, enjoy
... to feel, enjoy. Transliteration: chush Short Definition: enjoyment. Word Origin
a prim. root Definition to feel, enjoy NASB Word Usage have enjoyment (1). ...
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7814. sechoq -- laughter, derision, sport
... Word Origin from sachaq Definition laughter, derision, sport NASB Word Usage enjoyment
(1), joke (2), laughingstock (5), laughter (6), sport (1). ...
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8191. shaashuim -- a delight
... delight, pleasure. From sha'a'; enjoyment -- delight, pleasure. see HEBREW
sha'a'. 8190, 8191. shaashuim. 8192 . Strong's Numbers.
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2363. chuwsh -- to hasten, make haste
... make hasten, ready A primitive root; to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with
excitement or enjoyment -- (make) haste(-n), ready. 2362, 2363. chuwsh. 2363a > ...
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Library

Happiness is in the Enjoyment of Man's Chief Good. Two Conditions ...
... Chapter 3. "Happiness is in the Enjoyment of Man's Chief Good. ... For what do
we call enjoyment but having at hand the objects of love? ...
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Of Enjoyment [*Or, Fruition], which is an Act of the Will (Four ...
... OF ENJOYMENT [*Or, Fruition], WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL (FOUR ARTICLES). We must
now consider enjoyment: concerning which there are four points of inquiry: ...
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Whether Enjoyment is Only of the End Possessed?
... OF ENJOYMENT [*Or, Fruition], WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether enjoyment is only of the end possessed? Objection ...
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Whether Enjoyment is Only of the Last End?
... OF ENJOYMENT [*Or, Fruition], WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether enjoyment is only of the last end? Objection 1 ...
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The Enjoyment of Christ; Or, Delight in Worship.
... Hymns. Book 2. Composed on Divine Subjects. Hymn 2:15. The enjoyment of Christ;
or, Delight in worship. 1 Far from my thoughts, vain ...
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To those who Say that the Enjoyment of the Good Things we Look for ...
... To those who say that the enjoyment of the good things we look for will again consist
in meat and drink, because it is written that by these means man at first ...
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Degrees of Enjoyment through the Glorified Senses.
... CHAPTER XV. DEGREES OF ENJOYMENT THROUGH THE GLORIFIED SENSES. The possession
and enjoyment of God in the Beatific Vision is not ...
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Your Enjoyment is Never Right
... THE FIRST CENTURY 39 Your enjoyment is never right. Your enjoyment is never
right, till you esteem every Soul so great a treasure ...
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Your Enjoyment of the World is Never Right
... THE FIRST CENTURY 25 Your enjoyment of the World is never right. Your enjoyment
of the World is never right, till you so esteem it ...
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Your Enjoyment of the World is Never Right
... THE FIRST CENTURY 28 Your enjoyment of the world is never right. Your enjoyment
of the world is never right, till every morning you ...
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Thesaurus

Enjoyment (11 Occurrences)
... n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession
or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an ...
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Salvation (386 Occurrences)
... has prepared for him. Or, by a transferred sense, "salvation" denotes the
actual enjoyment of that good. So, while these technical ...
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Life (6001 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment
or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise. ...
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Foretaste (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance;
anticipation. 2. (vt) To taste before full possession ...
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Pleasure (331 Occurrences)
... of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement,
relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something ...
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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)
... undergoes fasting or other penances for no special reason commits a wrong." "Man
in the life to come will have to account for every enjoyment offered him that ...
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Enjoying (9 Occurrences)

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Circumcision (98 Occurrences)
... Generally speaking, the rite of circumcision was a precondition of the enjoyment
of certain political and religious privileges (Exodus 12:48 Ezekiel 44:9); and ...
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Vanity (100 Occurrences)
... unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive
of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment. ...
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Vest (11 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to
give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as ...
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Bible Concordance

Enjoyment (11 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 4:12 Thus we are constantly dying, while you are in full enjoyment of Life.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 6:17 Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment.
(WEY DBY YLT NIV)

Job 20:18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy pleasure for his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 2:25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
(WEB NIV)

Ecclesiastes 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good, yea, it is comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy pleasure for all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 5:19 Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 8:15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
(See RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 9:7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Enjoyment

Related Terms

Salvation (386 Occurrences)

Life (6001 Occurrences)

Foretaste (4 Occurrences)

Pleasure (331 Occurrences)

Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

Enjoying (9 Occurrences)

Circumcision (98 Occurrences)