adjective

paroinos

Greekπάροινος (paroinos)

Strong’sG3943

given to wine, drunken

stem paroin-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

addicted to wine2×

What it means

*† πάρ-οινος, -ον,

= cl., παροινικός (παρά, οἶνος),

given to wine, drunken: I Ti 3:3, Tit 1:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3943 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar'-oy-nos

staying near wine, i.e. tippling (a toper)

Fromfrom G3844 and G3631;

King Jamesgiven to wine.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	paroinos	paroinas	paroinem	paroinois	paroinais	paroineim
object accusative	paroinon2×πάροινον	paroinan		paroinoin	paroinain
direct address vocative	paroinor	paroinar		paroinoir	paroinair
of, belonging to genitive	paroinou	paroinau	paroineu	paroinoiu	paroinaiu	paroineiu
to, for dative	paroino	paroina	paroine	paroinoi	paroinai	paroinei

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

paroinstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

paroin 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

paroinon“addicted to wine”objectaccusative singular2×

1 Timothy 3:3“addicted to wine”mē paroinon, mē plēkton, alla epieikon, amachon, afilarguron,not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

Titus 1:7“addicted to wine”datō gar ton episkopon anenklēton arō hōs theou oikonomon, mē authadon, mē orgilon, mē paroinon, mē plēkton, mē aischrokerdon,As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.