ΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΑΡΓΙΑΣ, γαστριμαργιας
GASTRIMARGIAS, gastrimargias
Sounds Like: gas-tree-mar-GHEE-as
Translations: (of) gluttony, (of) greediness, (of) voracity
From the root: ΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΑΡΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the vice of gluttony or excessive indulgence in food and drink. It is a compound word derived from 'γαστήρ' (gastēr), meaning 'belly' or 'stomach', and 'μάργος' (margos), meaning 'greedy' or 'mad'. It describes an uncontrolled appetite or a preoccupation with food. It is used to denote the sin of overeating or being excessively fond of food.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1067 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:1
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 1:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 1:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΑΡΓΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΑΣΤΡΙΜΑΡΓΙΑΝ — gluttony, a gluttony, greediness, a greediness
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