G2988 G2988
splendidly, magnificently, sumptuously
This adverb describes living or acting in a manner characterized by luxury, magnificence, or lavish display. In Luke 16:19, it modifies how the rich man feasted every day—not merely eating well, but indulging in extravagant, ostentatious consumption. The term evokes the lifestyle of the wealthy elite in the Greco-Roman world, where public display of wealth was a social marker.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The sole New Testament occurrence (Luke 16:19) contrasts the rich man's daily splendid feasting with Lazarus' destitution at his gate. Cross-linguistic evidence (splendidly, espléndidamente, splendidement) uniformly captures the sense of luxurious excess, highlighting the moral dimensions of wealth disparity that Jesus addresses in the parable. 1×
AR["بِفَخَامَةٍ"]·ben["জমকালোভাবে"]·DE["λαμπρῶς"]·EN["splendidly"]·FR["splendidement"]·heb["מְאוֹר"]·HI["शानदार-ढंग-से।"]·ID["mewah"]·IT["lampros"]·jav["mewah."]·KO["화려하게"]·PT["esplendidamente"]·RU["блистательно"]·ES["espléndidamente"]·SW["kwa-fahari"]·TR["görkemle"]·urd["شانداری-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: λαμπρός, ά, όν, feminine -ή in Epic dialect Refs 8th c.BC+:— bright, radiant, of the sun and stars, λ. φάος ἠελίοιο Refs 8th c.BC+; -ότατος, of Sirius, Refs; λαμπρὰ σελήνη Hes.[same places],Refs 5th c.BC+; of the eyes, Refs 5th c.BC+; of metallic bodies, λ. φάλοι, κόρυθες, Refs 8th c.BC+: neuter as adverb, θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες Refs __2 of white cloths and the like, bright,…