Bible Dictionary: Revelry

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.

Greek

1354. Dionusios -- Dionysius, an Athenian
... Word Origin from Dionusos (Dionysus, Gr. god of wine and revelry) Definition
Dionysius, an Athenian NASB Word Usage Dionysius (1). Dionysius. ...
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Library

How to Conduct Ourselves at Feasts.
... Chapter IV."How to Conduct Ourselves at Feasts. Let revelry keep away from our rational
entertainments, and foolish vigils, too, that revel in intemperance. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iv how to conduct ourselves.htm

The Unseen Watcher
... of brass, protected by the river Euphrates, and stocked with provision in abundance,
the voluptuous monarch felt safe and passed his time in mirth and revelry. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 43 the unseen watcher.htm

The Climax of Ecclesiastes' Exercises Seems to have Been Reached ...
... Ecclesiastes. A city flourishes under the wise diligence of her rulers,
or goes to pieces under their neglect and sensual revelry. ...
/.../jennings/old groans and new songs/chapter x the climax of.htm

False Teachings of the Apostasy.
... A large majority of the sectarian world reject the scriptures that teach
plainness of dress, that condemn revelry and fleshly lusts. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter iii false teachings of.htm

On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.
... superfluous perfume of unguents. Such a use of crowns, also, has degenerated
to scenes of revelry and intoxication. Do not encircle ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter viii on the use of.htm

The Review of the Troops at Doriscus.
... Strymon."Human sacrifices."Arrival at the canal."Death of the engineer."Burial
of the engineer."A grand feast."Scene of revelry."Desolation and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter vi the review of.htm

Hymns of Wales.
... William Wroth, clergyman, saved from fiddling at a drunken dance by a disaster that
turned a house of revelry into a house of death, confessed his sins to God ...
/.../brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/chapter xi hymns of wales.htm

It was Near the Middle Hour of the Night. ...
... Cries of venders, ribald songs, shouts of revelry, the hurrying of many feet roused
the good people who, wearied by other nights of dissipation, now sought ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 8 it was near.htm

Christ the Light of the World.
... of the Pillar of Fire that led their fathers in the trackless desert, the people
lit large lamps round the Temple, and gave themselves up to dancing and revelry ...
/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/xviii christ the light of.htm

A Specimen of a Catechetical Address; and First, the Case of a ...
... robberies, and so they are suddenly filled with fears both numerous and great; and
men who a little before were singing in the house of revelry, are now ...
/.../augustine/on the catechising of the uninstructed/chapter 16 a specimen of a.htm

Thesaurus

Revelry (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity;
reveling. Multi-Version Concordance Revelry (8 Occurrences). ...
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Revellings (2 Occurrences)
... has "revelling" instead of the King James Version "rioting," and in 2 Peter 2:13,
"revel" replaces "riot." Similarly in Amos 6:7, "revelry" replaces "banquet ...
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Orgies (4 Occurrences)
... especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus,
or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry. ...
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Debauchery (9 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:13 Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly,
not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor ...
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Quarreling (17 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:13 Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly,
not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor ...
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Quarrelling (5 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:13 Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly,
not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor ...
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Noisy (14 Occurrences)
... of the things which the Gentiles delight in-- pursuing, as you did, a course of
habitual licence, debauchery, hard drinking, noisy revelry, drunkenness and ...
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Unholy (23 Occurrences)
... of the things which the Gentiles delight in-- pursuing, as you did, a course of
habitual licence, debauchery, hard drinking, noisy revelry, drunkenness and ...
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Ourselves (129 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:13 Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly,
not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor ...
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Licentiousness (10 Occurrences)
... of the things which the Gentiles delight in-- pursuing, as you did, a course of
habitual licence, debauchery, hard drinking, noisy revelry, drunkenness and ...
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Bible Concordance

Revelry (8 Occurrences)

Romans 13:13 Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
(See NIV)

Exodus 32:6 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 5:14 For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 22:2 You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 22:13 But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 32:13 And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.
(See NIV)

Amos 6:7 Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
(See JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Subtopics

Revelry

Related Terms

Revellings (2 Occurrences)

Orgies (4 Occurrences)

Debauchery (9 Occurrences)

Quarreling (17 Occurrences)

Quarrelling (5 Occurrences)

Noisy (14 Occurrences)

Unholy (23 Occurrences)

Ourselves (129 Occurrences)

Licentiousness (10 Occurrences)