Strong G3182μεθύσκω
to get drunk
- Transliteration
- methuskō
- Pronunciation
- meth-oos'-ko
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged (transitive) form of G3184; to intoxicate: - be drunk (-en).
Detailed definition
μεθύσκω
[in LXX: Psa.23:5 (רָוָה), Pro.4:17 (שָׁתָה), etc.;]
causal of μεθύω,
to make drunk, intoxicate; pass., to get drunk: Luk.12:45, Eph.5:18, 1Th.5:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Psa.23:5 (רָוָה), Pro.4:17 (שָׁתָה), etc.;]
causal of μεθύω,
to make drunk, intoxicate; pass., to get drunk: Luk.12:45, Eph.5:18, 1Th.5:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3182 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- drunken2
- be1
- drunk1
- make1
First verses
- Luke 12:45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
- Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
- Revelation 17:2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μεθύσκω,
future -ύσω [ῠ] [LXX (LXX.Deu.32.42:)]aorist 1 ἐμέθῠσα[LXX (LXX.2Ki.11.13)], Epic dialect -υσσα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 3.11, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.260 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; infinitive μεθύσαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor (see. below))]:—passive, future μεθυσθήσομαι [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Hos.14.8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.118)]: aorist ἐμεθύσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 117, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 167, etc.)]; Aeolic dialect infinitive μεθύσθην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 35)]: perfect μεμέθυσμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.176d:)] —Causal of μεθύω, make drunk, intoxicate, Διόνυσος οἶδε τὸ μεθύσαι μόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 214; μ. ἑαυτὴν οἴνῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 22: _metaphorically_, πάνθ᾽ ὅσα δι᾽ ἡδονῆς μεθύσκοντα παράφρονας ποιεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 649d; τὴν αἴσθησιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 46; Ἀθηνᾶ μεθύσασα ὕπνῳ τοὺς βαρβάρους Vett. Val. 347.26.)]
2 give to drink, θηλὴ μεθύσκει με μητρῴη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 89.9)]; moisten, βωμοὺς ἐν γάλακτι, τέφρην, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.99 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 11.8.)]
II passive, ={μεθύω}, drink freely, get drunk, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus [same place], 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, etc.)]; ὀδμῇ, οἴνῳ,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 202; πίνων οὐ μεθύσκεται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11: in)]aorist ἐμεθύσθην, to be drunk, ἀνὴρ ὁκόταν μεθυσθῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus [same place]; ἅπαξ μεθυσθείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 167, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1252; ἀνθρώπους οἵους μεθυσθέντας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.19: with _genitive_, νέκταρος)] with nectar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203b: _metaphorically_, ὅταν πόλις [ἐλευθερίας] μεθυσθῇ [prev. author] “R.” 562d: with _dative_, ταῖς ἐξουσίαις)] with power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.74:—in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 218 μεθυσκέτω is corrupt for μεθυσκέσθω.)]
II.2 to be filled with food, μ. σίτῳ [LXX (LXX.Hos.14.8)]; compare μεθύει· πεπλήρωται, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
future -ύσω [ῠ] [LXX (LXX.Deu.32.42:)]aorist 1 ἐμέθῠσα[LXX (LXX.2Ki.11.13)], Epic dialect -υσσα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 3.11, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.260 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; infinitive μεθύσαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor (see. below))]:—passive, future μεθυσθήσομαι [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Hos.14.8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.118)]: aorist ἐμεθύσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 117, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 167, etc.)]; Aeolic dialect infinitive μεθύσθην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 35)]: perfect μεμέθυσμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.176d:)] —Causal of μεθύω, make drunk, intoxicate, Διόνυσος οἶδε τὸ μεθύσαι μόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 214; μ. ἑαυτὴν οἴνῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 22: _metaphorically_, πάνθ᾽ ὅσα δι᾽ ἡδονῆς μεθύσκοντα παράφρονας ποιεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 649d; τὴν αἴσθησιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 46; Ἀθηνᾶ μεθύσασα ὕπνῳ τοὺς βαρβάρους Vett. Val. 347.26.)]
2 give to drink, θηλὴ μεθύσκει με μητρῴη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 89.9)]; moisten, βωμοὺς ἐν γάλακτι, τέφρην, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.99 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 11.8.)]
II passive, ={μεθύω}, drink freely, get drunk, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus [same place], 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, etc.)]; ὀδμῇ, οἴνῳ,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 202; πίνων οὐ μεθύσκεται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11: in)]aorist ἐμεθύσθην, to be drunk, ἀνὴρ ὁκόταν μεθυσθῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus [same place]; ἅπαξ μεθυσθείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 167, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1252; ἀνθρώπους οἵους μεθυσθέντας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.19: with _genitive_, νέκταρος)] with nectar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203b: _metaphorically_, ὅταν πόλις [ἐλευθερίας] μεθυσθῇ [prev. author] “R.” 562d: with _dative_, ταῖς ἐξουσίαις)] with power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.74:—in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 218 μεθυσκέτω is corrupt for μεθυσκέσθω.)]
II.2 to be filled with food, μ. σίτῳ [LXX (LXX.Hos.14.8)]; compare μεθύει· πεπλήρωται, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]