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Berry's Synonyms of the New TestamentBerry's NT Synonyms

Drunkenness, Drinking

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μέθη, πότος, οἰνοφλυγία, κῶμος, κραιπάλη.

μέθη is the ordinary word for drunkenness. πότος is rather concrete, a drinking, carousing. οἰνοφλυγία is a prolonged condition of drunkenness, a debauch. κῶμος includes riot and revelry, usually as arising from drunkenness. κραιπάλη denotes the sickness and discomfort resulting from drunkenness.

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Berry, George Ricker. Entry for 'Drunkenness, Drinking'. Synonyms of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/​lexicons/​eng/​berry/​drunkenness-drinking.html. 1897.
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