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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

2. (v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;

3. (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.

4. (v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

5. (v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.

Greek

4203. porneuo -- to commit fornication
... From porne; to act the harlot, ie (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex),
or (figuratively) practise idolatry -- commit (fornication). ...
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5171. truphao -- to live luxuriously
... revel, live in pleasure. From truphe; to indulge in luxury -- live in pleasure.
see GREEK truphe. (etruphesate) -- 1 Occurrence. 5170, 5171. truphao. 5172 ...
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4198. poreuomai -- to go
... 1), departed (1), departure (1), following (3), go (69), go on their way (1), go
away (1), goes (7), going (15), going away (2), gone (3), indulge (1), journey ...
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4684. spatalao -- to live riotously
... 4684 -- properly, to indulge in luxury (unneeded surplus). The , "The modern term ','
in which the notion of than that of sensual indulgence, .". ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6445. panaq -- to indulge, pamper
... 6444, 6445. panaq. 6446 . to indulge, pamper. Transliteration: panaq Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-nak') Short Definition: pampers. Word Origin a prim. ...
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Library

Let not the Pelagians Indulge Themselves in a Cruel Defence of ...
... Book II. Chapter 60."Let Not the Pelagians Indulge Themselves in a Cruel
Defence of Infants. As I said, however, let him entertain ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 60 let not the pelagians.htm

Stricken with Exceeding Grief, He Remembers the Dissolute Passions ...
... Book II. Chapter II."Stricken with Exceeding Grief, He Remembers the Dissolute
Passions in Which, in His Sixteenth Year, He Used to Indulge. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter ii stricken with exceeding grief.htm

By what Judgment of God the Enemy was Permitted to Indulge his ...
... The City of God.Book I. Chapter 28."By What Judgment of God the Enemy Was Permitted
to Indulge His Lust on the Bodies of Continent Christians. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 28 by what judgment of.htm

Curiosity a Temptation to Sin.
... We indulge our reason, we indulge our passions, we indulge our ambition, our vanity,
our love of power; we throw ourselves into the society of bad, worldly, or ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon v curiosity a temptation.htm

The Body Saved, and Will Therefore Rise.
... But if the flesh do not rise, why is it also guarded, and why do we not rather
suffer it to indulge its desires? Why do we not imitate ...
/.../chapter x the body saved and.htm

With whom we are to Associate.
... and these panders serve without suspicion those that wish to be free to enjoy their
pleasures, because of the belief that they are unable to indulge in lust. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iv with whom we are.htm

The Opposite Opinion is Approved by None of the Ancient Doctors of ...
... (Against the two Epistles of the Pelagians, cap.10.) For this is "to perform that
which is good," that a man do not indulge in concupiscence or lust. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/the opposite opinion is approved.htm

Of the Two Classes of Voluptuous Men, and of their Death, Falling ...
... Chap. IV. I said to him, "Sir, explain this also to me." "What is it you ask?" he
said. "Whether, sir," I continued, "they who indulge in luxury, and who are ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/similitude sixth of the two.htm

General Character of Christians.
... the scheme which he advanced, tended to licentiousness"that if men might be saved
by faith without the works of the law, they might indulge themselves in sin ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon xi general character of.htm

Full Redemption
... Nay, nay, my hearers, ye are not Christ's if ye have one tampered lust,
one sin which you fondly indulge. Sin you will, even though ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/full redemption.htm

Thesaurus

Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge
sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations; 3. (vt) to ...
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Over-indulge (1 Occurrence)
Over-indulge. Over-high, Over-indulge. Over-interested . Multi-Version
Concordance Over-indulge (1 Occurrence). Ephesians ...
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Natures (12 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:16 This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit,
and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures. ...
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Cravings (17 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:16 This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit,
and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures. ...
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Lower (72 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:16 This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit,
and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures. ...
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Over-interested (3 Occurrences)
Over-interested. Over-indulge, Over-interested. Overjoyed . Multi-Version
Concordance ... Over-indulge, Over-interested. Overjoyed . Reference Bible.
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Over-high (3 Occurrences)
Over-high. Overhearing, Over-high. Over-indulge . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(BBE). Overhearing, Over-high. Over-indulge . Reference Bible.
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Laugh (23 Occurrences)
... a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of
explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. ...
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Gratify (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to
gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc. ...
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Guided (86 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:16 This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit,
and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures. ...
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Bible Concordance

Indulge (12 Occurrences)

Luke 7:25 But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 10:8 Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
(See RSV)

Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:16 This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit, and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures.
(WEY)

Ephesians 4:19 Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy.
(See NIV)

2 Timothy 2:16 But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for those who indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety,
(WEY NIV)

1 Peter 2:11 Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the soul.
(WEY)

2 Peter 2:10 and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,
(See NAS RSV)

Exodus 32:6 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
(See NIV)

Numbers 25:1 Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
(See NIV)

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Indulge

Related Terms

Over-indulge (1 Occurrence)

Natures (12 Occurrences)

Cravings (17 Occurrences)

Lower (72 Occurrences)

Over-interested (3 Occurrences)

Over-high (3 Occurrences)

Laugh (23 Occurrences)