Strong's Greek Concordance

G2897: κραιπάλη

kraipálē · “dissipation”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: surfeiting

Word origin: probably from the same as G726 (ἁρπάζω);

Extended definition

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)

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How G2897 is translated

  • dissipation ×1

Bible verses with G2897 (kraipálē)

Kraipálē appears in 1 verse.

  • Luke 21:34

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.