Strong G3178μέθη
drunkenness
- Transliteration
- methē
- Pronunciation
- meth'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; an intoxicant that is (by implication) intoxication: - drunkenness.
Detailed definition
μέθη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַר and cognate forms;]
drunkenness: Luk.21:34; pl., Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21 †
SYN.: see: κῶμος (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַר and cognate forms;]
drunkenness: Luk.21:34; pl., Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21 †
SYN.: see: κῶμος (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3178 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- drunkenness3
First verses
- Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
- Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μέθη, ἡ,
(for μεθύω: μέθη, compare πληθύω: πλήθᾱ) strong drink, καλῶς ἔχειν μέθης to be pretty well drunk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20; ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 779; μέθῃ βρεχθείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 326; ἡ ἀπειρία τῆς μ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.2; ἐσφαλμένος ὑπὸ μέθης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396d; μανδραγόρᾳ ἢ μέθῃ συμποδίσαι τινά [prev. work] 488c)]; μ. εὐώδης παλαιός fragrant old wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.82.)]
II drunkenness, μ. αἰώνιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363d; πίνειν εἰς μέθην [prev. author] “Lg.” 775b)]; μέθῃ χρῆσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 674a; διὰ μέθης ποιήσασθαι.. τὴν συνουσίαν [prev. author] “Smp.” 176e; κωμάζειν μετὰ μέθης [prev. author] “Lg.” 637b; τρεῖς εἶχεν προφάσεις, μέθην, ἔρωτα, ἄγνοιαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.38)]: plural, carousals, [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 159, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 682e; ἐν μέθαις [prev. author] “Phdr.” 256c, cf. LXX.Jdt.13.15, NT.Rom.13.13, etc.)]
II.2 metaphorically, ὑπὸ μέθης τοῦ φόβου ναυτιᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 639b, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.18; μ. νηφαλίῳ κατασχεθεὶς ὥσπερ οἱ κορυβαντιῶντες 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.16, compare 2.320.)]
III Μέθη personified, in Art, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.27.3.)]
(for μεθύω: μέθη, compare πληθύω: πλήθᾱ) strong drink, καλῶς ἔχειν μέθης to be pretty well drunk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20; ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 779; μέθῃ βρεχθείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 326; ἡ ἀπειρία τῆς μ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.2; ἐσφαλμένος ὑπὸ μέθης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396d; μανδραγόρᾳ ἢ μέθῃ συμποδίσαι τινά [prev. work] 488c)]; μ. εὐώδης παλαιός fragrant old wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.82.)]
II drunkenness, μ. αἰώνιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363d; πίνειν εἰς μέθην [prev. author] “Lg.” 775b)]; μέθῃ χρῆσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 674a; διὰ μέθης ποιήσασθαι.. τὴν συνουσίαν [prev. author] “Smp.” 176e; κωμάζειν μετὰ μέθης [prev. author] “Lg.” 637b; τρεῖς εἶχεν προφάσεις, μέθην, ἔρωτα, ἄγνοιαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.38)]: plural, carousals, [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 159, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 682e; ἐν μέθαις [prev. author] “Phdr.” 256c, cf. LXX.Jdt.13.15, NT.Rom.13.13, etc.)]
II.2 metaphorically, ὑπὸ μέθης τοῦ φόβου ναυτιᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 639b, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.18; μ. νηφαλίῳ κατασχεθεὶς ὥσπερ οἱ κορυβαντιῶντες 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.16, compare 2.320.)]
III Μέθη personified, in Art, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.27.3.)]