King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3184
Transliteration: methyō
Phonetic Spelling: (meth-oo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be drunken
Meaning: to be drunken
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).
Word Summary
methyō: to be drunken
Original Word: μεθύωTransliteration: methyō
Phonetic Spelling: (meth-oo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be drunken
Meaning: to be drunken
Strong's Concordance
be drunk. From another form of methe; to drink to intoxication, i.e. Get drunk -- drink well, make (be) drunk(-en).
see GREEK methe
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3184: μεθύωμεθύω (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).