KJV dictionary & concordance
Wastefully extravagant, disorderly, unrestrained, or given to excess.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Proverbs 23:20
Complete exact-word concordance
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Be not amongst wine-bibbers; amongst riotous eaters of flesh.
1611 marginal noteHeb. of their flesh.
1611 marginal noteRom.13.13. eph.5.18.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Whoso keepeth the law, is a wise sonne: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father.
1611 marginal noteOr, feedeth gluttons.
1611 marginal noteCha.29.3.
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
And not many dayes after, the yonger sonne gathered al together, and tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his substance with riotous liuing.
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Historical English dictionary sources
1. Luxurious; wanton or licentious in festive indulgences; as riotous eaters of flesh. Proverbs 23:20. 2. Consisting of riot; tumultuous; partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly; seditious. 3. Guilty of riot; applied to persons.
