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deliciously

Meaning of “deliciously”

Luxuriously or self-indulgently; living in pleasure and costly ease.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Revelation 18:7

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “deliciously”

KJV PCE
Revelation 18:7
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 18:7 · retained source text

How much she hath glorified her selfe, and liued deliciously, so much torment and sorrow giue her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a Queene, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

1611 marginal noteEsay. 47.8.

Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 18:9 · retained source text

And the Kings of the earth, who haue committed fornication, and liued deliciously with her, shall bewaile her and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning:

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Luxuriously; voluptuously; with indulgence in pleasure.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 557