H6371 H6371
Superabundance of fat; excessive bodily fatness as a metaphor for complacency
Appearing only in Job 15:27, this word describes excessive accumulation of fat—not the sacrificial kind, but the repulsive abundance that speaks of indulgence and moral complacency. Eliphaz uses it to paint a picture of the wicked person who has 'covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his loins.' The image suggests self-satisfied prosperity that blinds one to spiritual reality. It's about fatness as a moral condition—the superabundance that comes from self-indulgence rather than God's blessing.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes excessive bodily fat in Job 15:27, used by Eliphaz to characterize the wicked person who has grown complacent through prosperity. The term appears in parallel with 'his fat,' emphasizing not healthy abundance but superabundance—the gross accumulation that comes from self-indulgence. The image of covering one's face with fatness suggests being blinded by material comfort, losing moral and spiritual perception in the process. 1×
AR["دُهْنًا"]·ben["মেদ"]·DE["[פימה]"]·EN["fat"]·FR["פימה"]·heb["פימה"]·HI["मोटापा"]·ID["kegemukan"]·IT["fat"]·jav["lemu"]·KO["살짐을"]·PT["gordura"]·RU["складки"]·ES["gordura"]·SW["unene"]·TR["yağ"]·urd["چربی"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פִּימָה n.f. superabundance (of fat);—פ׳ Jb 15:27 (‖ חֶלְבּוֹ).