King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3178
Transliteration: methē
Phonetic Spelling: (meth'-ay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: drunkenness
Meaning: drunkenness
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.)
Word Summary
methē: drunkenness
Original Word: μέθηTransliteration: methē
Phonetic Spelling: (meth'-ay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: drunkenness
Meaning: drunkenness
Strong's Concordance
drunkenness. Apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, i.e. (by implication) intoxication -- drunkenness.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3178: μέθημέθη, 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.)