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G4763 στρηνιάω (strēniáō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I live luxuriously

Strong's Definition

to be luxurious

Derivation: from a presumed derivative of G4764 (στρῆνος);

KJV Usage: live deliciously

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

στρηνιάω, στρηνιω: 1 aor ἐστρηνίασα; (from στρῆνος, which see); a word used in middle and later Comedy for τρυφαν (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 381; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 475f; Winers Grammar, 25)); to be wanton, to live luxuriously: Rev_18:7; Rev_18:9. (Compare: καταστρηνιάω.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

στρηνιάω strēniaō 2x to be wanton, to revel, riot, Rev_18:7 ; Rev_18:9

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** στρηνιάω , ῶ ( < στρῆνος , q.v. ), [in Sm .: Isa_61:6 ( H398 ) * ;] a word which first appears in the middle comedy ( Rutherford, NPhr. , 475 f .), to run riot , wax wanton: Rev_18:7-9 ( cf. κατα -στρηνιάω ).† SYN.: σπαταλάω G4684 ( q.v. ), τρυφάω G5171 .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

στρηνιάω [page 593] first met with in the Middle Comedy (Rutherford NP p. 475) = feel strong and hearty : cf. the cognate Lat. strenuus , Engl. stern. According to Hesychius στρηνιῶντες = πεπλεγμένοι . δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ τὸ διὰ πλοῦτον ὑβρίζειν , καὶ βαρέως φέρειν . It is in this bad sense wax wanton through wealth etc. that the verb is used in Rev_18:7 ; Rev_18:9 : cf. P Meyer 20 .23 (1 st half iii/A.D.) μ̣ὴ στρηνιάτω Λουκιᾶς , ἀλλὰ ἐργαζέσθω . The comp d καταστρηνιάω in 1Ti_5:11 is rendered by Souter exercise my youthful vigour against : for similar κατα -comp ds see Blass-Debrunner Gr. § 181.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

στρηνιάω [Etym: from στρηνής] στρηνιάω, φυτ. -άσω "to run riot, wax wanton", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

στρηνιάω, ῶ (στρῆνος, which see), [in Sm.: Isa.61:6 (אָכַל) * ;] a word which first appears in the middle comedy (Rutherford, NPhr., 475 f.), to run riot, wax wanton: Rev.18:7-9 (cf. κατα-στρηνιάω).† SYN.: σπαταλάω (which see), τρυφάω (AS)

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