Lexicon
ἐντρυφάω
entruphaō
G1792
G:V Greek

to revel

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Entruphao describes people engaging in daytime revelry amid the verse’s condemnation of unrighteous conduct.

The attested use portrays men as engaging in daytime revelry within a description of unrighteous behavior in 2 Peter 2:13.

Senses in use

  1. Engaging in daytime revelry · dominant

    The present active nominative plural masculine participle describes the people characterized in the verse as they feast with others; in 2 Peter 2:13 the APB renders the surrounding description with “reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 2:13 the APB includes “reveling in their deceptions” in the verse’s description.

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