Carousing
πότοςStrong’s G4224potos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Potos is the Greek word usually translated “carousing”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:”
Meaning
Usually translated “carousing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- in carousing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Peter 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
πότος potos · carousing
πότος, -ου, ὁ (πίνω), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁתֶּה ;] a drinking bout, carousal: 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “carousing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAROUSING, participle present
tense Drinking hard; reveling.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.