Greek verb · G3184
μεθύω
methyometh-oo'-o
to get drunk
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: methýō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3184is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3184
to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk
The King James renders it: drink well, make (be) drunk(-en).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
methyo is rendered "to get drunk". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 24:49And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
Matthew 24:49μεθυόντων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in six of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- are drunkards1
- being drunk1
- being drunkards1
- get drunk1
- is drunken1
- they may have drunk freely1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μεθύουσιν2
- μεθύει1
- μεθυόντων1
- μεθύουσαν1
- μεθυσθῶσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-APS-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singular1V-PAP-ASF
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
Matthew
one use
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
- μεθυόντωνmethuontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: being drunkards
John
one use
and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
- μεθυσθῶσινmethusthosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may have drunk freely
Acts
one use
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
- μεθύουσινmethuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are drunkards
1 Corinthians
one use
For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
- μεθύειmethueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is drunken
1 Thessalonians
one use
For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
- μεθύουσινmethuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: get drunk
Revelation
one use
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
- μεθύουσανmethuousanverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: being drunk
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.