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GreekG3184Verb

μεθύω

methuō

6Occurrences
G3184Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk

from another form of G3178 (μέθη);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(μέθυ, wine, cf. μέθη), to be drunken: ; metaphorically.
LXX: chiefly for שָׁכַר, רָוָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

μεθύω appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
1
1 Thessalonians
1
Acts
1
John
1
Matthew
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 11:21BSB

For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

1 Thessalonians 5:7BSB

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

Acts 2:15BSB

These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!

John 2:10BSB

and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

Matthew 24:49BSB

And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.