Luxury
στρῆνοςStrong’s G4764strēnos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Strēnos is the Greek word usually translated “sensuality”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sensuality”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sensuality 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
στρῆνος strēnos · luxury
στρῆνος, -ους, τό (cf. Lat. strenuus), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:28 (שַׁאֲנָן)* ;] insolent luxury, wantonness: Rev.18:3 (a late word, first found in a Comic poet, B.C. 300, see Kennedy, Sources, 41, cf. στρηνιάω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “luxury” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LUX'URY, noun
[Latin luxuria, from luxo, to loosen.]
- A free or extravagant indulgence in the pleasures of the table, as in rich and expensive diet, or delicious food and liquors; voluptuousness in the gratification of appetite; or the free indulgence in costly dress and equipage.
- That which gratifies a nice and fastidious appetite; a dainty; any delicious food or drink.
- Any thing delightful to the senses.
- Lust; lewd desire. [Not now used.]
All definitions
- Luxuriance; exuberance of growth. [Not now used.]
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.