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Lexicon :: Strong's G3178 - methē

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μέθη
Transliteration
methē (Key)
Pronunciation
meth'-ay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a root word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:545,576

Trench's Synonyms: lxi. μέθη, πότος, οἰνοφλυγία, κῶμος, κραιπάλη.

Strong’s Definitions

μέθη méthē, meth'-ay; apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, i.e. (by implication) intoxication:—drunkenness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3178 in the following manner: drunkenness (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3178 in the following manner: drunkenness (3x).

  1. intoxication

  2. drunkenness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μέθη méthē, meth'-ay; apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, i.e. (by implication) intoxication:—drunkenness.
STRONGS G3178:
μέθη, μέθης, ἡ (akin to μέθυ, wine; perhaps any intoxicating drink, Latintemetum; cf. German Meth (mead)), intoxication; drunkenness: Luke 21:34; plural, Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:21. (Hebrew שֵׁכָר, intoxicating drink, Proverbs 20:1; Isaiah 28:7; and שִׁכָּרון, intoxication, Ezekiel 23:32; Ezekiel 39:19; (Antiphon), Xenophon, Plato, others) (Cf. Trench, § lxi.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
20:1
Isaiah
28:7
Ezekiel
23:32; 39:19
Luke
21:34
Romans
13:13
Galatians
5:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3178 matches the Greek μέθη (methē),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:6 - Give strong drink to the one who is perishing,
and wine to those in bitter distress;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - These also reel with wine
and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,
they are swallowed by[fn] wine,
they stagger with strong drink,
they reel in vision,
they stumble in giving judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - you will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow.
A cup of horror and desolation,
the cup of your sister Samaria;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:19 - And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
and wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
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