To get drunk
μεθύωStrong’s G3184methuō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Methuō is the Greek word usually translated “being drunkards”, “may have drunk freely” and “are drunkards”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;”
Meaning
Usually translated “being drunkards”, “may have drunk freely” and “are drunkards”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- being drunkards 1
- they may have drunk freely 1
- are drunkards 1
- is drunken 1
- get drunk 1
- being drunk 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- John 1
- Acts 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- Revelation 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
μεθύω methuō · to get drunk
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)
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.