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στρηνιάω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
στρηνιάω
Greek transliteration: 
strēniaō
Simplified transliteration: 
streniao
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐστρηνίασα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4763
GK Number: 
5139
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(1b)
Gloss: 
to live in luxury, with an implication that this luxury contributes to improper sensuality and immorality
Definition: 
to be wanton, to revel, riot, Rev. 18:7, 9*

Greek-English Concordance for στρηνιάω

Revelation 18:7 As she exalted herself and lived in luxury (estrēniasen | ἐστρηνίασεν | aor act ind 3 sg), give her an equal measure of torment and mourning; because in her heart she said, ‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I will never see.’
Revelation 18:9 Then the kings of the earth, those who committed acts of immorality with her and shared her luxury (strēniasantes | στρηνιάσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc), will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.