2897. kraipalé
Strong's Lexicon
kraipalé: Carousing, drunkenness, hangover

Original Word: κραιπάλη
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kraipalé
Pronunciation: krahee-pal'-ay
Phonetic Spelling: (krahee-pal'-ay)
Definition: Carousing, drunkenness, hangover
Meaning: drunken dissipation, surfeiting.

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kraipalé," the concept of drunkenness and its moral implications can be found in Hebrew words such as "שִׁכָּרוֹן" (shikkaron - Strong's H7943), which means drunkenness.

Usage: The term "kraipalé" refers to the state of drunkenness or the aftereffects of excessive drinking, often translated as "carousing" or "hangover." It conveys a sense of overindulgence and the resulting stupor or headache that follows. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe a state of moral or spiritual stupor resulting from indulgence in worldly pleasures.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, excessive drinking and revelry were common in various social and religious contexts. Feasts and banquets often involved heavy drinking, which was sometimes associated with pagan worship practices. The early Christian community, living in such a cultural milieu, was called to a life of sobriety and self-control, contrasting with the surrounding culture's excesses.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
drunken nausea
NASB Translation
dissipation (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2897: κραιπάλῃ

κραιπάλῃ (WH κρεπάλη, see their Appendix, p. 151), κραιπαλης, (from ΚΡΑΣ the head, and πάλλω to toss about; so explained by Galen and Clement of Alexandria, Paedag. 2, 2, 26 and Phryn. in Bekker, Anecd., p. 45, 13 (cf. Vanicek, p. 148)), Latincrapula (i. e. the giddiness and headache caused by drinking wine to excess): Luke 21:34 (A. V. surfeiting; cf. Trench, § lxi.). (Aristophanes Acharn. 277; Alciphron 3, 24; Plutarch, mor., p. 127 f. (de sanitate 11); Lucian, Herodian, 2, 5, 1.)

STRONGS NT 2897: κρεπάλη [κρεπάλη, see κραιπάλῃ.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
drunken dissipation

Probably from the same as harpazo; properly, a headache (as a seizure of pain) from drunkenness, i.e. (by implication) a debauch (by analogy, a glut) -- surfeiting.

see GREEK harpazo

Forms and Transliterations
κραιπάλη κραιπάλῃ κράμα κρεπαλη κρεπάλῃ kraipale kraipalē kraipálei kraipálēi
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 21:34 N-DFS
GRK: ὑμῶν ἐν κραιπάλῃ καὶ μέθῃ
NAS: will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness
KJV: with surfeiting, and
INT: of you with dissipation and drunkenness

Strong's Greek 2897
1 Occurrence


κραιπάλῃ — 1 Occ.

















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