Enjoy...pleasures (619) (apolausis from the verb apolauo = to take of or to enjoy) (only here and in 1Ti 6:17) means to have enjoyment of something, to have the benefit of something and so enjoying it.
Zodhiates says apolausis "denotes the cleaving or adherence of the mind or affection to an object." (Zodhiates - The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament)
In 1Ti 6:17 Paul uses apolausis to describe the act of enjoying and here in Hebrews the meaning is more the source of enjoyment.
In secular Greek we find the phrase "eis apolausis" meaning "for enjoyment".
In the Didache we read "You, almighty Master, created all things for your name’s sake, and gave food and drink to men to enjoy."
Papias uses apolausis to describe "the enjoyment of foods in the (endtime) resurrection."
Josephus uses apolausis in this sentence "but that she might have the enjoyment of her husband's company without any danger" (Ant 2.52)
Clement (2Clement) uses apolausis in this sentence "This is the reason why a man is unable to find peace: they instill human apprehensions, preferring the pleasure of the present to the promise of the future."
Paul writes Timothy, commanding him to...
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. (1 Ti 6:17)
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