(De 21:20), Heb zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out," "to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Pr 23:21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Pr 28:7, the word (pl.) is rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version, "gluttonous." Mt 11:19; Lu 7:34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous.
and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.
The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.
The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold an eater and wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;