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Lexicon :: Strong's G3184 - methyō

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μεθύω
Transliteration
methyō (Key)
Pronunciation
meth-oo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From another form of μέθη (G3178)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:545,576

Strong’s Definitions

μεθύω methýō, meth-oo'-o; from another form of G3178; to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk:—drink well, make (be) drunk(-en).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G3184 in the following manner: be drunken (5x), have well drunk (1x), be made drunk (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G3184 in the following manner: be drunken (5x), have well drunk (1x), be made drunk (1x).
  1. to be drunken

  2. metaph. of one who has shed blood or murdered profusely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μεθύω methýō, meth-oo'-o; from another form of G3178; to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk:—drink well, make (be) drunk(-en).
STRONGS G3184:
μεθύω (from μέθυ, see μέθη); from Homer down; the Sept. for רָוָה and שָׁכַר; to be drunken: Matthew 24:49; Acts 2:15; 1 Corinthians 11:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:7 (cf. Buttmann, 62 (54)); ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος (see ἐκ, II. 5; Tr marginal reading τῷ αἵματι), of one who has shed blood profusely, Revelation 17:6 (Pliny, h. n. 14, 28 (22)ebrius jam sanguine civium et tanto magis eum sitiens).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
24:49
Acts
2:15
1 Corinthians
11:21
1 Thessalonians
5:7
Revelation
17:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3184 matches the Greek μεθύω (methyō),
which occurs 42 times in 42 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh - the blood of the slaughtered and captured, the chief of the enemy's leaders!'"
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - So he said to her, "How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!"
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Then David summoned him. He ate and drank with him, and got him drunk. But in the evening he went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his lord; he did not go down to his own house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 - They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily in their quarters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 - They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:10 - You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers! The Beloved about Her Lover:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; it will also shave off the beard.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - The splendid crown of Ephraim's drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5 - He says, "Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment."
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - Wild oxen will be slaughtered along with them, as well as strong bulls. Their land is drenched with blood, their soil is covered with fat.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the LORD, your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob."
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:21 - So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 - The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - Then the LORD said to me, "Tell them that the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can't get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14 - I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord GOD who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - "Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as a laughingstock.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylonia had been a gold cup in the LORD's hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up," says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - "I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up," says the King whose name is the LORD who rules over all.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 - He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. ו (Vav)
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad for now, O people of Edom, who reside in the land of Uz. But the cup of judgment will pass to you also; you will get drunk and take off your clothes. ת (Tav)
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 - You too will act like drunkards; you will go into hiding; you too will seek refuge from the enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - "You who force your neighbor to drink wine are as good as dead - you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their genitals.
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