G3184: μεθύω
methýō · “to get drunk”
Definition
to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk
KJV translates it as: drink well, make (be) drunk(-en)
Word origin: from another form of G3178 (μέθη);
Extended definition
(μέθυ, wine, cf. μέθη), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַר, רָוָה ;]
to be drunken: Mat.24:49, Jhn.2:10, Act.2:15, 1Co.11:21, 1Th.5:7; metaphorically, Rev.17:2, 6.†
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3184 is translated
- being drunkards, ×1
- they may have drunk freely ×1
- are drunkards, ×1
- is drunken. ×1
- get drunk; ×1
- being drunk ×1
Bible verses with G3184 (methýō)
Methýō appears in 6 verses.
- Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
- John 2:10
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
- Acts 2:15
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
- 1 Corinthians 11:21
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
- Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.