Strong G3184μεθύω
to get drunk
- Transliteration
- methuō
- Pronunciation
- meth-oo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From another form of G3178; to drink to intoxication that is get drunk: - drink well make (be) drunk (-en).
Detailed definition
μεθύω
(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.†
(AS)
(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.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3184 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- drunken5
- be1
- man1
- they1
First verses
- Matthew 24:49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
- John 2:10And 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 2:15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
- 1 Corinthians 11:21For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
- Revelation 17:6And 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μεθύω [ῠ],
(μέθυ), only present and imperfect: future and aorist active belong to μεθύσκω (μεθύσας is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 28.211)]; μεθύσαντας is falsa lectio for -τες in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.239a),)]aorist being supplied by passive of μεθύσκω:— to be drunken with wine, νευστάζων κεφαλῇ, μεθύοντι ἐοικώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.240)]; μεθύων, opposed to νήφων, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 478, 627, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 4.12, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 128, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1048, “PHal.” 1.193 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; μ. ὑπὸ τοῦ οἴνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.26)]; τὸ μεθύειν drunkenness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 187.2, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 43; τὸ μ. πημονῆς λυτήριον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 758.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 of things, to be drenched, steeped in any liquid, with dative, e.g. βοείην.. μεθύουσαν ἀλοιφῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.390; μεθύων ἐλαίῳ λύχνος 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 114.1; [χείμαρρος] ὄμβροισι μ. “Anthologia Graeca” 9.277 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 of persons, to be intoxicated with passion, pride, etc., ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.21; ὑπὸ τρυφῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 121a; ἔρωτι 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 19; τῷ μεγέθει τῶν πεπραγμένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.49; περὶ τὰς ἡδονάς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.22.1; οὐ μ. τὴν φρόνησιν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 301; μ. τὸ φίλημα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.304.)]
II.2.b to be stupefied, stunned, πληγαῖς μεθύων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.98; ἐξ ὀδυνάων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.228, cf. Nonn.[same place])]
(μέθυ), only present and imperfect: future and aorist active belong to μεθύσκω (μεθύσας is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 28.211)]; μεθύσαντας is falsa lectio for -τες in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.239a),)]aorist being supplied by passive of μεθύσκω:— to be drunken with wine, νευστάζων κεφαλῇ, μεθύοντι ἐοικώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.240)]; μεθύων, opposed to νήφων, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 478, 627, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 4.12, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 128, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1048, “PHal.” 1.193 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; μ. ὑπὸ τοῦ οἴνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.26)]; τὸ μεθύειν drunkenness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 187.2, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 43; τὸ μ. πημονῆς λυτήριον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 758.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 of things, to be drenched, steeped in any liquid, with dative, e.g. βοείην.. μεθύουσαν ἀλοιφῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.390; μεθύων ἐλαίῳ λύχνος 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 114.1; [χείμαρρος] ὄμβροισι μ. “Anthologia Graeca” 9.277 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 of persons, to be intoxicated with passion, pride, etc., ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.21; ὑπὸ τρυφῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 121a; ἔρωτι 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 19; τῷ μεγέθει τῶν πεπραγμένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.49; περὶ τὰς ἡδονάς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.22.1; οὐ μ. τὴν φρόνησιν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 301; μ. τὸ φίλημα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.304.)]
II.2.b to be stupefied, stunned, πληγαῖς μεθύων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.98; ἐξ ὀδυνάων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.228, cf. Nonn.[same place])]