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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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Ezekiel 39:19
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:19 · retained source text

And yee shall eate fat till yee be full, and drinke blood till yee be drunken, of my sacrifice which I haue sacrificed for you.

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
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

Habakkuk 2:15
¶ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:15 · retained source text

¶ Woe vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: that puttest thy bottell to him, and makest him drunken also; that thou mayest looke on their nakednesse.

Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 24:49 · retained source text

And shall begin to smite his fellow seruants, and to eate and drinke with the drunken:

Luke 12:45
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 12:45 · retained source text

But and if that seruant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his comming and shall beginne to beat the men seruants, and maidens, and to eate and drinke, and to be drunken:

Luke 17:8
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 17:8 · retained source text

And will not rather say vnto him, Make ready wherewith I may suppe, and gird thy selfe, and serue me, till I haue eaten and drunken: and afterward thou shalt eate and drinke.

Acts 2:15
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 2:15 · retained source text

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third houre of the day.

1 Thessalonians 5:7
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Thessalonians 5:7 · retained source text

For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that bee drunken, are drunken in the night.

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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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