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στρῆνος
strēnos
G4764
G:N-N Greek

luxury

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strenos denotes the luxury from whose power the earth’s traders become rich in Revelation 18:3.

The attested use presents luxury as a source of power from which the earth’s traders become rich in Revelation 18:3.

Senses in use

  1. Luxury as a source of commercial enrichment · dominant

    In Revelation 18:3, the genitive singular neuter form occurs in the clause about the earth’s traders becoming rich out from its power; the APB renders the clause “the traders of the earth became rich out from the power of her luxury.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Revelation 18:3, the APB presents the term in the phrase “the power of her luxury.” The precise English correspondence is limited to the clause-level context.

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