King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3182
Transliteration: methyskō
Phonetic Spelling: (meth-oos'-ko)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make drunk
Meaning: to make drunk
μεθύσκω: passive, present μεθύσκομαι; 1 aorist ἐμεθυσθην; (from μέθυ, see μέθη); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for רִוָּה, הִרְוָה (Kal רָוָה), and שִׁכֵּר, to intoxicate, make drunk; passive (cf. Winers Grammar, 252 (237)) to get drunk, become intoxicated: Luke 12:45; John 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:7 (Buttmann, 62 (54)); οἴνῳ (Winer's Grammar, 217 (203)), Ephesians 5:18; ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, Revelation 17:2 (see ἐκ, II. 5); τοῦ νεκταρος, Plato, symp., p. 203 b.; Lucian, dial. deor. 6, 3; ἀπό τίνος, Sir. 1:16 Sir. 35:13.
Word Summary
methyskō: to make drunk
Original Word: μεθύσκωTransliteration: methyskō
Phonetic Spelling: (meth-oos'-ko)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make drunk
Meaning: to make drunk
Strong's Concordance
to intoxicate, make drunkA prolonged (transitive) form of methuo; to intoxicate -- be drunk(-en).
see GREEK methuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3182: μεθύσκωμεθύσκω: passive, present μεθύσκομαι; 1 aorist ἐμεθυσθην; (from μέθυ, see μέθη); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for רִוָּה, הִרְוָה (Kal רָוָה), and שִׁכֵּר, to intoxicate, make drunk; passive (cf. Winers Grammar, 252 (237)) to get drunk, become intoxicated: Luke 12:45; John 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:7 (Buttmann, 62 (54)); οἴνῳ (Winer's Grammar, 217 (203)), Ephesians 5:18; ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, Revelation 17:2 (see ἐκ, II. 5); τοῦ νεκταρος, Plato, symp., p. 203 b.; Lucian, dial. deor. 6, 3; ἀπό τίνος, Sir. 1:16 Sir. 35:13.