Spatalao means “live in pleasure” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4684 — matshalah (“neighing”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4684 σπαταλάω (spatalao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. spatalao (spat-al-ah'-o) v. 1. to be voluptuous [from spatale (luxury)] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include pleasure. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
spatalao (spat-al-ah'-o) v. 1. to be voluptuous [from spatale (luxury)] KJV: live in pleasure, be wanton
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4684. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to indulge
Usage: σπαταλάω, -ῶ (σπατάλη, wantonness, luxury, Sir.27:13 *), [in LXX: Eze.16:49 (שָׁקַט hi.), Sir.21:15 * ;] to live riotously: 1Ti.5:6, Jas.5:5 (Polyb.).† SYN.: στρηνιάω, τρυφάω (see Tr., Syn., § liv) (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render spatalao, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4684 (σπαταλάω) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Moreover this was the sin of thy sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread and in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
If a skillful man hear a wise word, He will commend it, and add unto it: But when one of no understanding heareth it, it displeaseth him, And he casteth it behind his back.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4684.
Moreover this was the sin of thy sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread and in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy.
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
If a skillful man hear a wise word, He will commend it, and add unto it: But when one of no understanding heareth it, it displeaseth him, And he casteth it behind his back.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4684, grouped by book.
Spatalao (Strong's G4684) is a Greek word most simply glossed "live in pleasure". spatalao (spat-al-ah'-o) v. 1. to be voluptuous [from spatale (luxury)]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G4684 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4684 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pleasure. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4684, with linked reader references where each row is available.