Strong’s G2897 · Greek
κραιπάλη
kraipálē
Definition
properly, a headache (as a seizure of pain) from drunkenness, i.e. (by implication) a debauch (by analogy, a glut)
Etymology
probably from the same as G726 (ἁρπάζω);
Where the KJV renders it
- surfeiting
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