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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 - He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - Then he took portions to them from [fn]his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they 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 quivering, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought that she was drunk.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - Then Eli said to her, “How long will you behave like a drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 -

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was having a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was cheerful within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything [fn]at all until the morning light.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David summoned [fn]Uriah, and he ate and drank in his presence, and he made [fn]Uriah drunk; and in the evening Uriah went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s servants, and he still 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 [fn]Elah was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the household in Tirzah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 -

They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the [fn]temporary shelters [fn]with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 -

“They grope in darkness with no light,

And He makes them stagger like a drunken person.

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 drink their fill of the [fn]abundance of Your house;

And You allow them to drink from 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 prepare their grain, for so You prepare [fn]the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:10 -

You water its furrows abundantly,

You [fn]settle its ridges,

You soften it with showers,

You bless its growth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 -

They reeled and staggered like a drunken person,

And [fn]were at their wits’ end.

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 at wine when it is red,

When it [fn]sparkles in the cup,

When it goes down smoothly;

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 -

The Groom

“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;

I have gathered 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]drink deeply, lovers.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 -

On that day the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from regions beyond the Euphrates River (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 -

The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of distortion;

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

As a drunken person [fn]staggers in his vomit.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 -

The earth trembles like a heavy drinker

And sways like a hut,

For its wrongdoing is heavy upon it,

And it will fall, never to rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 -

Woe to the proud crown of the habitually drunk 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 has drunk its fill in heaven;

Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom,

And upon the people whom I have designated for destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 -

Wild oxen will also [fn]fall with them

And young bulls with strong ones;

So their land will be soaked with blood,

And their dust [fn]become greasy with fat.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 -

“I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh,

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

And [fn]humanity will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior

And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:21 -

Therefore, 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 produce and sprout,

And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 -

“And the LORD will continually guide you,

And satisfy your [fn]desire in scorched places,

And give strength to 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 -

“And you shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall down, and do not get up, because of the sword which I am sending among you.”’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14 -

“I will refresh the soul of the priests with [fn]abundance,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I give plenty of water to the weary ones, and [fn]refresh everyone who languishes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 -

For that day belongs to the Lord [fn]GOD of armies,

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

And the sword will devour and be satisfied,

And [fn]drink its fill of their blood;

For there will be a slaughter for the Lord [fn]GOD of armies,

In the land of the north at the river Euphrates.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk, for he has [fn]become arrogant toward the LORD; so Moab will [fn]vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 -

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

Intoxicating all the earth.

The nations have drunk of her wine;

Therefore the nations are going insane.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 -

“When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet

And make them drunk, so that they may rejoice in triumph,

And may sleep a perpetual sleep

And not wake up,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 -

“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.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 -

He has filled me with bitterness,

He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 -

Rejoice and be joyful, daughter of Edom,

Who lives in the land of Uz;

But the cup will pass to you as well,

You will become drunk and expose yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 -

Those who live in his shadow

Will [fn]again raise grain,

And they will blossom like the vine.

His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 -

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 -

You too will become drunk,

You will be hidden.

You too will search for a refuge from the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 -

“Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink;

[fn]To you who mix in your venom even to make your neighbors drunk,

So as to look at their genitalia!

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