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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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Nahum 1:10
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nahum 1:10 · retained source text

For while they be folden together as thornes, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be deuoured as stubble fully drie.

Nahum 3:11
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nahum 3:11 · retained source text

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt bee hid, thou also shalt seeke strength because of the enemie.

1611 marginal noteIere.25.17.

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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.

volume 1, leaf 639, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 170)

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