King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4764
Transliteration: strēnos
Phonetic Spelling: (stray'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: insolent luxury
Meaning: insolent luxury
στρῆνος, στρήνους, τό (allied with στερεός, which see), excessive strength which longs to break forth, over-strength; luxury (R. V. wantonness (marginal reading luxury)): Revelation 18:3 (see δύναμις, d.); for שַׁאֲנָן, arrogance, 2 Kings 19:28; eager desire, Locophron, 438.
Word Summary
strēnos: insolent luxury
Original Word: στρῆνοςTransliteration: strēnos
Phonetic Spelling: (stray'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: insolent luxury
Meaning: insolent luxury
Strong's Concordance
delicacy, luxuryAkin to stereos; a "straining", "strenuousness" or "strength", i.e. (figuratively) luxury (voluptuousness) -- delicacy.
see GREEK stereos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4764: στρῆνοςστρῆνος, στρήνους, τό (allied with στερεός, which see), excessive strength which longs to break forth, over-strength; luxury (R. V. wantonness (marginal reading luxury)): Revelation 18:3 (see δύναμις, d.); for שַׁאֲנָן, arrogance, 2 Kings 19:28; eager desire, Locophron, 438.