Strong's Lexicon
G3182 — μεθύσκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3182 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μεθύσκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a prolonged (transitive) form of G3184 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | methusko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | meth-oos'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to intoxicate |
| KJV Renderings: | be drunk(-en) |
Use Strong's responsibly
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεθύσκω: passive, present μεθύσκομαι; 1 aorist ἐμεθυσθην; (from μέθυ, see μέθη); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for øÄåÈÌä, äÄøÀåÈä (Kal øÈåÈä), and ùÄÑëÅÌø, to intoxicate, make drunk; passive (cf. Winers Grammar, 252 (237)) to get drunk, become intoxicated: Luk 12:45; Joh 2:10; 1Th 5:7 (Buttmann, 62 (54)); οἴνῳ (Winer’s Grammar, 217 (203)), Eph 5:18; ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, Rev 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.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μεθύσκω (be drunk(-en))
Luke 12:45
- KJV: But and if that servant say in his heart My lord delayeth his coming and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens and to eat and drink and to be drunken
- GK: εαν δε είπη ο δούλος εκείνος εν τη καρδία αυτού χρονίζει ο κύριός μου έρχεσθαι και άρξηται τύπτειν τους παίδας και τας παιδίσκας εσθίειν τε και πίνειν και μεθύσκεσθαι
Ephesians 5:18
- KJV: And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit
- GK: και μη μεθύσκεσθε οίνω εν ω εστιν ασωτία αλλά πληρούσθε εν πνεύματι
1 Thessalonians 5:7
- KJV: For they that sleep sleep in the night and they that be drunken are drunken in the night
- GK: οι γαρ καθεύδοντες νυκτός καθεύδουσι και οι μεθυσκόμενοι νυκτός μεθύουσιν