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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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Wine is a mocker, intoxicating drink a brawler,

And whoever [fn]is intoxicated by it is not wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:6

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Give intoxicating drink to one who is perishing,

And wine to one [fn]whose life is bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:7

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And these also reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:

The priest and the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,

They are confused by wine, they stagger from intoxicating drink;

They reel while [fn]having visions,

They stagger when rendering a verdict.

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“I will make her leaders and her wise men drunk,

Her governors, her officials, and her warriors,

So that they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”

Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

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‘You will be filled with drunkenness and grief,

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 - “So you will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:5

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Awake, you heavy drinkers, and weep;

And wail, all you wine drinkers,

Because of the sweet wine,

For it has been eliminated from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown much, only to [fn]harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for [fn]anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.”
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