King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3183
Transliteration: methysos
Phonetic Spelling: (meth'-oo-sos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: drunken
Meaning: drunken
μέθυσος, μεθύσῃ, μέθυσον, in later Greek also of two terminations (μέθυ, see μέθη), drunken, intoxicated: 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:10. (Phryn.: μέθυσος ἀνήρ, οὐκ ἐρεῖς, ἀλλά μεθυστικός. γυναῖκα δέ ἐρεῖς μέθυσον καί μεθυσην (Aristophanes); but Menander, Plutarch, Lucian, Sextus Empiricus, others (the Sept., Proverbs 23:21, etc.; Sir. 19:1, etc.) use it also of men; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 151.)
Word Summary
methysos: drunken
Original Word: μέθυσοςTransliteration: methysos
Phonetic Spelling: (meth'-oo-sos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: drunken
Meaning: drunken
Strong's Concordance
drunkard. From methuo; tipsy, i.e. (as noun) a sot -- drunkard.
see GREEK methuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3183: μέθυσοςμέθυσος, μεθύσῃ, μέθυσον, in later Greek also of two terminations (μέθυ, see μέθη), drunken, intoxicated: 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:10. (Phryn.: μέθυσος ἀνήρ, οὐκ ἐρεῖς, ἀλλά μεθυστικός. γυναῖκα δέ ἐρεῖς μέθυσον καί μεθυσην (Aristophanes); but Menander, Plutarch, Lucian, Sextus Empiricus, others (the Sept., Proverbs 23:21, etc.; Sir. 19:1, etc.) use it also of men; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 151.)