στρηνιάω
strēniáō · G4763 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to live sensually, to live intemperately, lust, sensual living
To live sensually by gratifying the senses with sexual immorality
ExamplesRevelation 18:7 “To the extent that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, to the same extent give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’
Revelation 18:9 “And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of sexual immorality and lived luxuriously with her, will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μετάwith, after+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- βασιλεύςking 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- τρυφάω trypháō · G5171 · to revel, to carouse, to live a life of luxury
- Greek verb denoting living in luxury and self-indulgence, closely synonymous with στρηνιάω in describing a life of sensual pleasure and excess
- σπαταλάω spataláō · G4684 · to live indulgently
- Greek verb describing wanton living and self-indulgent luxury, semantically very close to στρηνιάω with emphasis on wasteful extravagance
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἐγκρατεύομαι enkrateúomai · G1467 · to control oneself, to exercise self-control, self-control
- Greek verb denoting self-control and temperance, the lexical opposite of living luxuriously and intemperately
In the other Testament 1 word
- עָדַן ʻâdan · H5727 · to enjoy oneself, to delight oneself, to revel
- Hebrew verb describing luxurious living and self-indulgence, a direct translation equivalent for the Greek concept of living in luxury and sensual pleasure
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To live sensually, to live intemperately, lust, sensual living88.254
- The verb describes an indulgent, self-glorifying way of life. Babylon is condemned because she “glorified herself and lived luxuriously,” and is therefore given torment in the same measure (Revelation 18:7).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon στρηνιω: 1 aor ἐστρηνίασα; (from στρῆνος, which see); a word used in middle and later…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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