στρῆνος
strēnos · G4764 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
-
lust, sensual living
Living sensually by gratifying the senses with sexual immorality
ExamplesRevelation 18:3 “For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the excessive wealth of her luxury.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δύναμιςpower, mighty deed 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.
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.
Near synonyms 1 word
- τρυφή tryphḗ · G5172 · to revel, to carouse, to live a life of luxury
- τρυφή denotes luxurious living and self-indulgence, closely parallel to στρῆνος; both refer to excessive luxury and sensual living, though τρυφή may emphasize the softness/delicacy aspect while στρῆνος emphasizes the excessive strength/intensity of indulgence
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἐγκράτεια enkráteia · G1466 · to control oneself, to exercise self-control, self-control
- ἐγκράτεια denotes self-control and mastery over desires, the direct lexical opposite of στρῆνος which denotes indulgence in luxury and sensual excess without restraint
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To live sensually, to live intemperately, lust, sensual living88.254
- The noun names the same indulgent excess as its related verb. The merchants of the earth are said to have grown rich “from the excessive wealth of her luxury” (Revelation 18:3).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon στρήνους, τό (allied with στερεός, which see), excessive strength which longs to break…
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
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.