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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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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - Then he took servings to them from before him, but Benjamin’s serving was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there 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; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now when David called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 - So they went out at noon. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were getting drunk at the command post.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 - They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - You visit the earth and water it,
You greatly enrich it;
The river of God is full of water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:10 - You water its ridges abundantly,
You settle its furrows;
You make it soft with showers,
You bless its growth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits’ end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it swirls around smoothly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - The Beloved
I have come to my garden, my sister, my spouse;
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.

(To His Friends)
Eat, O friends!
Drink, yes, drink deeply,
O beloved ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor,
With those from beyond the River,[fn] with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5 - “For My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - The wild oxen shall come down with them,
And the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
And their dust saturated with fatness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh shall know
That I, the LORD, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:21 - Therefore please hear this, you afflicted,
And drunk but not with wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 - The LORD will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - “Therefore you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Drink, be drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14 - I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
The sword shall devour;
It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk,
Because he exalted himself against the LORD.
Moab shall wallow in his vomit,
And he shall also be in derision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations are deranged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - “And I will make drunk
Her princes and wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the King,
Whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 - He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
You who dwell in the land of Uz!
The cup shall also pass over to you
And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall be revived like grain,
And grow like a vine.
Their scent[fn] shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

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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 new wine,
For it has been cut off from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 - You also will be drunk;
You will be hidden;
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
Pressing[fn] him to your bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on his nakedness!
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