Bible Dictionary: Orgies

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry.

2. (n. pl.) Drunken revelry; a carouse.

3. (n.) Plural of Orgy.

Library

Sacrificial Orgies.
... Homily VIII. Chapter VII."Sacrificial Orgies. "But they did not cease to
worship images, [1112] by reason of the evil intelligence ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter vii sacrificial orgies.htm

Heathen Orgies.
... Homily XI. Chapter XIV."Heathen Orgies. "Oh men without understanding!
Judge ye rightly of what is said. For if it were necessary ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xiv heathen orgies.htm

Our Friends Take it Amiss that I have Spoken of the Origenists as ...
... 18. Our friends take it amiss that I have spoken of the Origenists as
confederated together by orgies of false oaths. I named the ...
/.../18 our friends take it.htm

The Sethians Support their Doctrines by an Allegorical ...
... and the (idea of the) navel, [539] which is harmony, [540] is (to be found) with
the same symbolism attached to it in the Bacchanalian orgies of Orpheus. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xv the sethians support their.htm

The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables ...
... The bacchanals hold their orgies in honour of the frenzied Dionysus, celebrating
their sacred frenzy by the eating of raw flesh, and go through the ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter ii the absurdity and impiety.htm

He Has Endeavoured, Indeed, to Brand us with the Stain of this ...
... you on my own account, and supported my opinion by an anathema, to make this plain
to you further, that he himself declares that in certain orgies and mystical ...
/.../3 he has endeavoured indeed.htm

Naasseni Ascribe their System, through Mariamne, to James the ...
... ineffable mysteries of all the Gentiles, are uttering falsehoods against Christ,
and are making dupes of those who are not acquainted with these orgies of the ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter ii naasseni ascribe their system.htm

Appendix
... "Such hideous figures correspond with the canine phantoms of the Orgies which seemed
to rise out of the ground, and with the polymorphic images of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary on revelation/appendix.htm

The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies.
... Ophites in succession); nay, not one (speculation) will I leave unrefuted, if it
is possible to remember all (their tenets), and the secret orgies of these ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter i name ophites the.htm

The Poets Also Bear Testimony to the Truth.
... But the Thracian Orpheus, the son of OEagrus, hierophant and poet at once, after
his exposition of the orgies, and his theology of idols, introduces a palinode ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter vii the poets also bear.htm

Thesaurus

Orgies (4 Occurrences)
... revelry. 2. (n. pl.) Drunken revelry; a carouse. 3. (n.) Plural of Orgy.
Multi-Version Concordance Orgies (4 Occurrences). Romans ...
/o/orgies.htm - 8k

Carousing (4 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of
which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice ...
/c/carousing.htm - 7k

Origin (25 Occurrences)

/o/origin.htm - 13k

Organs (3 Occurrences)

/o/organs.htm - 7k

Warned (63 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of
which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice ...
/w/warned.htm - 25k

Warn (35 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of
which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice ...
/w/warn.htm - 17k

Inherit (98 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of
which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice ...
/i/inherit.htm - 38k

Idolatries (3 Occurrences)
... 4:3 For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles,
and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and ...
/i/idolatries.htm - 7k

Forewarn (9 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of
which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice ...
/f/forewarn.htm - 9k

Forewarned (15 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of
which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice ...
/f/forewarned.htm - 11k

Bible Concordance

Orgies (4 Occurrences)

Romans 13:13 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
(WEB NIV)

1 Peter 4:3 For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
(WEB NIV)

Jeremiah 3:23 Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Orgies

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