Lexicon
κραιπάλη
kraipalē
G2897
G:N-F Greek

dissipation

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kraipale denotes a heart-weighing form of excess named alongside drunkenness and life's worries.

Its sole attested use names an excess that can weigh down the heart, alongside drunkenness and the worries of life.

Senses in use

  1. Excess that weighs down the heart · dominant

    In Luke 21:34, the dative singular feminine form occurs in the warning that hearts not be weighed down; the APB renders the clause “with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 21:34, the APB presents it within “dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life”.

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