The corpus record

σπᾰτᾰλ-άω

spatalao

live softly

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Where it lives

1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

σπᾰτᾰλ-άω · spatal-aō — LSJ

live softly, in excessive comfort, indulgence, spoilt

live softly or in excessive comfort or indulgence, Plb. 36.17.7, IG 14.2002 (Rome), LXX Si. 21.15, 1 Ep.Ti. 5.6, Ep.Jac. 5.5; τὰ σπαταλῶντα τῶν παιδίων spoilt children, Theano in Pythag. Ep. 4.4, cf. Diog. Ep. 28.7.

In the wild

σπαταλῶσα · spatalōsa New Testament, 1 Timothy 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 57)
ἐσπαταλήσατε · espatalēsate New Testament, James 5.5 (DIORISIS sentence 115)
ἐσπατάλων · espatalōn Septuaginta, Ezechiel 16

Where it came from

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