noun · feminine
kraipalas
Greekκραιπάλη (kraipalē)
Strong’sG2897
drunken dissipation
stem kraipal-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* κραιπάλη
(κρεπάλη, WH), -ης, ἡ (cf. κραιπαλάω for שׁכר, Is 24:20 29:9),
SYN.: κῶμος, revelling; μέθη, drunkeness; οἰνοφλυγία, a debauch; πότος, a drinking bout (v. Tr., Syn., § lxi).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2897 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkrahee-pal'-ay
properly, a headache (as a seizure of pain) from drunkenness, i.e. (by implication) a debauch (by analogy, a glut)
Fromprobably from the same as G726;
King Jamessurfeiting.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kraipalas | kraipalais |
| object accusative | kraipalan | kraipalain |
| direct address vocative | kraipalar | kraipalair |
| of, belonging to genitive | kraipalau | kraipalaiu |
| to, for dative | kraipala1×κραιπάλῃ | kraipalai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kraipala is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kraipala“dissipation”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 21:34“dissipation”Prosechavōr de heautoi mēpote barileia vu tais kardiais en kraipala kai metha kai merimnai biōtikai, kai efistanateia epi vin aifnidias tas hēmeras ekeinasBut watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life — and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.