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drunkard

Meaning of “drunkard”

A person habitually given to drunkenness or excessive strong drink.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 21:20

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “drunkard”

KJV PCE
Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 21:20 · retained source text

And they shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubborne, and rebellious, hee will not obey our voice: he is a glutton, & a drunkard.

Proverbs 23:21
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.

Proverbs 26:9
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:9 · retained source text

As a thorne goeth vp into the hand of a drunkard; so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

Isaiah 24:20
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 24:20 · retained source text

The earth shall reele to and fro, like a drunkard, and shall be remooued like a cottage, and the transgression thereof shall be heauie vpon it, and it shall fall, and not rise againe.

1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 5:11 · retained source text

But now I haue written vnto you, not to keepe company, if any man that is called a brother bee a fornicator, or couetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one, no, not to eate.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

One given to excessive use of strong liquor; a person habitually or frequently drunk.

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