To get drunk
μεθύσκωStrong’s G3182methuskō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Methuskō is the Greek word usually translated “get drunk”, “do be drunk” and “becoming drunk”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But 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;”
Meaning
Usually translated “get drunk”, “do be drunk” and “becoming drunk”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to get drunk 1
- do be drunk 1
- becoming drunk 1
- were made drunk 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Ephesians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- Revelation 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
μεθύσκω methuskō · to get drunk
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.