κῶμοςkōmos
a carousal (as if letting loose)
Greek (New Testament) · G2970
Meanings
a revel, carousal: Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:21, 1 Peter 4:3.
Synonyms
see κραιπάλη.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Romans 13:13 Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.
- Galatians 5:21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
- 1 Peter 4:3 You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.