Pleasure
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 18:12
- Last Reference: Revelation 4:11
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H185 Used 1 time
- H2654 Used 1 time
- H2655 Used 2 times
- H2656 Used 16 times
- H2837 Used 1 time
- H2896 Used 2 times
- H3808 Used 1 time
- H518 Used 1 time
- H5315 Used 3 times
- H5730 Used 1 time
- H6149 Used 1 time
- H7470 Used 1 time
- H7521 Used 3 times
- H7522 Used 5 times
- H8057 Used 1 time
- G1380 Used 1 time
- G2106 Used 6 times
- G2107 Used 4 times
- G2237 Used 1 time
- G2307 Used 1 time
- G4684 Used 1 time
- G4909 Used 1 time
- G5171 Used 1 time
- G5485 Used 2 times
Worldly
Job 20:12-16; Job 21:12-13; Proverbs 9:17; Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 21:17; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 2:1-13; Isaiah 5:11-12; Isaiah 22:12-13; Isaiah 47:8-9; Amos 6:1; Luke 8:14; Romans 1:32; 2 Thessalonians 2:12; 1 Timothy 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:4; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 11:25-26; 2 Peter 2:13
Happiness; Joy; Worldliness
PLEASURE, noun plezh'ur.
1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish or happiness produced by enjoyment or the expectation of good; opposed to pain. We receive pleasure from the indulgence of appetite; from the view of a beautiful landscape; from the harmony of sounds; from agreeable society; from the expectation of seeing an absent friend; from the prospect of gain or success of any kind. pleasure bodily and mental, carnal and spiritual, constitutes the whole of positive happiness, as pain constitutes the whole of misery.
PLEASURE is properly positive excitement of the passions or the mind; but we give the name also to the absence of excitement, when that excitement is painful; as when we cease to labor, or repose after fatigue, or when the mind is tranquilized after anxiety or agitation.
PLEASURE is susceptible of increase to any degree; but the word when unqualified, expresses less excitement or happiness than delight or joy.
2. Sensual or sexual gratification.
3. Approbation.
The Lord taketh pleasure in his people. Psalms 147:10.
and 149.
4. What the will dictates or prefers; will; choice; purpose; intention; command; as, use your pleasure
Cyrus, he is my shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure Isaiah 44:28.
My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure
Isa 46.
5. A favor; that which pleases.
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure answered Paul. Acts 25:9.
6. Arbitrary will or choice. He can vary his scheme at pleasure
PLEAS'URE, verb transitive plezh'ur. To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. [A word authorized by some good writers, but superfluous and not much used.]
PLEAS'URE-BOAT, noun A boat appropriated to sailing for amusement.
PLEAS'URE-CARRIAGE, noun A carriage for pleasure.
PLEAS'UREFUL, adjective Pleasant; agreeable. [Little used.]
PLEAS'URE-GROUND, noun Ground laid out in an ornamental manner and appropriated to pleasure or amusement.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 18:12
- Last Reference: Revelation 4:11
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H185 Used 1 time
- H2654 Used 1 time
- H2655 Used 2 times
- H2656 Used 16 times
- H2837 Used 1 time
- H2896 Used 2 times
- H3808 Used 1 time
- H518 Used 1 time
- H5315 Used 3 times
- H5730 Used 1 time
- H6149 Used 1 time
- H7470 Used 1 time
- H7521 Used 3 times
- H7522 Used 5 times
- H8057 Used 1 time
- G1380 Used 1 time
- G2106 Used 6 times
- G2107 Used 4 times
- G2237 Used 1 time
- G2307 Used 1 time
- G4684 Used 1 time
- G4909 Used 1 time
- G5171 Used 1 time
- G5485 Used 2 times