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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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Showing verses 11–20 of 31 · 33 word occurrences in this result

Jeremiah 23:9
¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:9 · retained source text

¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets, all my bones shake: I am like a drunken man (and like a man whom wine hath ouercome) because of the LORD, and because of the words of his Holinesse.

Jeremiah 25:27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:27 · retained source text

Therefore thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Drinke ye and bee drunken, and spue and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I wil send among you.

Jeremiah 48:26
¶ Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:26 · retained source text

¶ Make ye him drunken: for hee magnified himselfe against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shalbe in derision.

Jeremiah 49:12
For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:12 · retained source text

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, they whose iudgement was not to drinke of the cup, haue assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shall altogether go vnpunished? thou shalt not go vnpunished, but thou shalt surely drinke of it.

Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:7 · retained source text

Babylon hath beene a golden cup in the LORDs hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations haue drunken of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.

Jeremiah 51:39
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:39 · retained source text

In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may reioyce, and sleepe a perpetuall sleepe, and not wake, saith the LORD.

Lamentations 3:15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:15 · retained source text

Hee hath filled me with bitternesse, hee hath made me drunken with wormewood.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bitternesses.

Lamentations 4:21
¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 4:21 · retained source text

¶ Reioyce and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the lande of Uz, the cup also shall passe through vnto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thy selfe naked.

Lamentations 5:4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 5:4 · retained source text

We haue drunken our water for money, our wood is sold vnto vs.

1611 marginal noteHeb. commeth for price.

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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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