KJV dictionary & concordance

drowsiness

Meaning of “drowsiness”

Sleepiness or heaviness with sleep.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Proverbs 23:21

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Proverbs 23:21 · retained source text

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pouerty; and drousinesse shall cloath a man with ragges.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Sleepiness; heaviness with sleep; disposition to sleep.

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