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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - And he drank of the wine and became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - And he took portions to them from [fn]his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times greater than any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 -

‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,

And My sword will devour flesh,

With the blood of the slain and the captives,

From the long-haired [fn]leaders of the enemy.’

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - Then Eli said to her, “How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 -

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything small or great until the morning light.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s servants, but he did not go down to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - And his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 -

And they went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths [fn]with the thirty-two kings who helped him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 -

“They grope in darkness with no light,

And He makes them wander about like a drunken man.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 -

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You [fn]have anointed my head with oil;

My cup overflows.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 -

They [fn]are satisfied from the [fn]richness of Your house;

And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 -

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;

You greatly enrich it;

The [fn]stream of God is full of water;

You establish their grain, for thus You establish [fn]the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:10 -

You water its furrows abundantly,

You smooth its ridges,

You soften it with showers,

You bless its growth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 -

They staggered and swayed like a drunken man,

And all their wisdom was swallowed up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 -

For they eat the bread of wickedness

And drink the wine of violence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 -

Do not look on the wine when it glistens red,

When it [fn]sparkles in the cup,

When it goes down smoothly;

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 -

[fn]I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;

I have picked my myrrh along with my balsam.

I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;

I have drunk my wine with my milk.

Eat, friends;

Drink and [fn]imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 -

In that day, the Lord will shave with a razorone hired from regions beyond the [fn]River (that is, the king of Assyria)—the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 -

Yahweh has mixed within her a spirit of distortion;

They have led Egypt astray in all [fn]that it does,

As a drunken man [fn]strays into his vomit.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 -

The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard

And it totters like a [fn]shack,

For its transgression is heavy upon it,

And it will fall, never to rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 -

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,

Which is at the head of the [fn]fertile valley

Of those who are [fn]overcome with wine!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5 -

For My sword is satiated in heaven;

Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon Edom

And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 -

And wild oxen will also [fn]fall with them,

And young bulls with strong ones;

Thus their land will be soaked with blood,

And their dust [fn]become greasy with fat.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 -

“I will feed those who mistreat you with their own flesh,

And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;

And all flesh will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior

And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:21 -

Therefore, now, listen to this, you afflicted,

Who are drunk, but not with wine:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 -

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,

And do not return there without watering the earth

And making it bear and sprout,

And giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 -

“And Yahweh will continually guide you,

And satisfy your soul in scorched places,

And fortify your bones;

And you will be like a watered garden,

And like a spring of water whose waters do not [fn]fail.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 -

“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you.”’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14 -

“I will [fn]fill the soul of the priests with [fn]richness,

And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I satisfy the weary soul and fill up every soul who wastes away.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 -

Indeed, that day belongs to Lord Yahweh of hosts,

A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His adversaries;

And the sword will devour and be satiated

And [fn]drink its fill of their blood;

For there will be a sacrifice to Lord Yahweh of hosts

In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk, for he has magnified himself against Yahweh; so Moab will [fn]wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 -

Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of Yahweh,

Intoxicating all the earth.

The nations have drunk of her wine;

Therefore the nations are going mad.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 -

“When they become heated up, I will set before them their feast

And make them drunk, that they may exult

And may sleep a perpetual sleep

And not wake up,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 -

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

Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men,

That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”

Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 -

He has saturated me with bitterness;

He has sated me with wormwood.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 -

Sin

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,

Who inhabits the land of Uz;

But the cup will pass on to you as well;

You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 -

Those who live in his shadow

Will [fn]again raise grain,

And they will flourish like the vine.

His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 -

Awake, drunkards, and weep;

And wail, all you wine drinkers,

On account of the sweet wine

That is cut off from your mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 -

You too will become drunk;

You will be hidden.

You too will search for a strong defense from the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 -

“Woe to you who make [fn]your neighbors drink,

Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk

So as to look on their nakedness!

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