Menu
G2897 κραιπάλη (kraipálē)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
‹ G2896 Greek Dictionary G2898 ›

Quick Definition

drunken dissipation

Strong's Definition

properly, a headache (as a seizure of pain) from drunkenness, i.e. (by implication) a debauch (by analogy, a glut)

Derivation: probably from the same as G726 (ἁρπάζω);

KJV Usage: surfeiting

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κραιπάλῃ (WH κρεπάλη, see their Appendix, p. 151), κραιπαλης, ἡ (from ΚΡΑΣ the head, and πάλλω to toss about; so explained by Galen and Clement of Alexandria, Paedag. 2, 2, 26 and Phryn. in Bekker, Anecd., p. 45, 13 (cf. Vanicek, p. 148)), Latincrapula (i. e. the giddiness and headache caused by drinking wine to excess): Luk_21:34 (A. V. surfeiting; cf. Trench, § lxi.). (Aristophanes Acharn. 277; Alciphron 3, 24; Plutarch, mor., p. 127 f. (de sanitate 11); Lucian, Herodian, 2, 5, 1.) STRONGS NT 2897: κρεπάλη [κρεπάλη, see κραιπάλῃ.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κραιπάλη kraipalē 1x also spelled κρεπάλη , drunken dissipation, Luk_21:34

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* κραιπάλη (κρεπάλη , WH ), -ης , ἡ ( cf. κραιπαλάω for H7910 , Isa_24:20 ; Isa_29:9 ), drunken nausea ( EV , surfeiting ): Luk_21:34 .† κρεπάλη , see κραιπάλη . SYN.: κῶμος G2970 , revelling; μέθη G3178 , drunkeness; οἰνοφλυγία G3632 , a debauch; πότος G4224 , a drinking bout ( v. Tr., Syn. , § lxi).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κραιπάλη [page 357] Lat. crapula , surfeiting (AV, RV). On the form κρεπάλη , which is read by WH in Luk_21:34 , the only place where the word occurs in the NT, see Moulton Gr. ii. p. 81, and for the medical usage = drunken nausea, see Hobart p. 167.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

κραιπάλη κρα^ιπάλη, ἡ, "a drunken head-ache", Lat. crapula, ἐκ κραιπάλης after "a drunken bout", Ar.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κραιπάλη (κρεπάλη, WH), -ης, ἡ (cf. κραιπαλάω for שִׁכּוֹר, Isa.24:20 29:9) drunken nausea (EV, surfeiting): Luk.21:34.† SYN.: κῶμος, revelling; μέθη, drunkeness; οἰνοφλυγία, a debauch; πότος, a drinking bout (see Tr., Syn., § lxi). (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

Everything we make is available for free because of a generous community of supporters.

Donate