Lexical Summary strēnos: insolent luxury Original Word: στρῆνοςTransliteration: strēnos Phonetic Spelling: (stray'-nos) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: insolent luxury Meaning: insolent luxury Strong's Concordance delicacy, luxuryAkin to stereos; a "straining", "strenuousness" or "strength", i.e. (figuratively) luxury (voluptuousness) -- delicacy. see GREEK stereos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4764: στρῆνοςστρῆνος, στρήνους, τό (allied with στερεός, which see), excessive strength which longs to break forth, over-strength; luxury (R. V. wantonness (marginal reading luxury)): Revelation 18:3 (see δύναμις, d.); for שַׁאֲנָן, arrogance, 2 Kings 19:28; eager desire, Locophron, 438. |
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