ΚΡΕΠΑΛΗ, κρεπαλη
KREPALĒ, krepalē
Sounds Like: kre-PAH-lee
Translations: surfeiting, drunkenness, dissipation, a surfeiting, a drunkenness, a dissipation
From the root: ΚΡΕΠΑΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the physical and mental sluggishness or sickness that results from overindulgence, particularly in food and drink. It describes the state of being weighed down or dulled by excessive eating or drinking, often leading to a hangover-like condition or general dissipation. It is used to describe a state of intemperance.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2897 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Luke — 21:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΕΠΑΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΕΚΡΕΠΑΛΗΚΩΣ — having been drunk, having been intoxicated, having been sated, having been glutted
- ΚΡΕΠΑΛΗΣΑΤΕ — be drunken, become intoxicated, get drunk
- ΚΡΕΠΑΛΩΝ — of a hangover, of a headache, of surfeiting, of intoxication
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