μεθύσκω
methuskō
“to get drunk”
Definition
to intoxicate
a prolonged (transitive) form of G3184 (μεθύω);
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
μεθύσκω appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
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