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drunken

Meaning of “drunken”

Intoxicated with strong drink; overcome or affected as by intoxication.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
33 occurrences31 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:21

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Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 9:21 · retained source text

And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent.

1 Samuel 1:13
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 1:13 · retained source text

Now Hannah, shee spake in her heart; onely her lippes mooued, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had beene drunken.

1 Samuel 1:14
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 1:14 · retained source text

And Eli said vnto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

1 Samuel 25:36
¶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:36 · retained source text

¶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; & Nabals heart was merry within him, for hee was very drunken: wherefore shee tolde him nothing, lesse or more, vntill the morning light.

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 12:25 · retained source text

They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wander.

Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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1611 witness · Psalms 107:27 · retained source text

They reele to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man; and are at their wits end.

1611 marginal noteHeb. all their wisedome is swallowed vp.

Isaiah 19:14
The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 19:14 · retained source text

The LORD hath mingled a peruerse spirit in the midst thereof: and they haue caused Egypt to erre in euery worke thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a spirit of peruersities.

Isaiah 29:9
¶ Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:9 · retained source text

¶ Stay your selues and wonder, cry yee out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine, they stagger, but not with strong drinke.

1611 marginal noteOr, take your pleasure and riot.

Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 49:26 · retained source text

And I will feede them that oppresse thee, with their owne flesh, and they shall be drunken with their owne blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Sauiour and thy Redeemer, the mightie One of Iacob.

1611 marginal noteOr, new wine.

1611 marginal noteReu.14.20. and 16.6.

Isaiah 51:17
¶ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 51:17 · retained source text

¶ Awake, awake, stand vp, O Ierusalem, which hast drunke at the hand of the LORD the cup of his furie; thou hast drunken the dregges of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

1611 marginal noteChap.52.1.

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Drunkn. [participle of drink, but now used chiefly as an adjective, and often contracted to drunk.] 1. Intoxicated; inebriated with strong liquor. 2. Given to drunkenness; as a drunken butler. 3. Saturated with liquor or moisture; drenched. Let the earth be drunken with our blood. 4. Proceeding from intoxication; done in a state of drunkenness; as a drunken quarrel. A drunken slaughter.

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