A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3184 | Greek: methuo |
Drunk, (-en, Be), Drunkard, Drunkenness:
signifies "to be drunk with wine" (from methu, "mulled wine;" hence Eng., "mead, honey-wine"); originally it denoted simply "a pleasant drink." For Jhn 2:10 see under DRINK. The verb is used of "being intoxicated" in Mat 24:49; Act 2:15; 1Cr 11:21; 1Th 5:7b; metaphorically, of the effect upon men of partaking of the abominations of the Babylonish system, Rev 17:2; of being in a state of mental "intoxication," through the shedding of men's blood profusely, ver. 6.
A-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3182 | Greek: methusko |
Drunk, (-en, Be), Drunkard, Drunkenness:
signifies "to make drunk, or to grow drunk" (an inceptive verb, marking the process or the state expressed in No. 1), "to become intoxicated," Luk 12:45; Eph 5:18; 1Th 5:7.
B-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g3183 | Greek: methusos |
Drunk, (-en, Be), Drunkard, Drunkenness:
"drunken" (cp. No. 2), is used as noun, in the singular, in 1Cr 5:11, and in the plural, in 1Cr 6:10, "drunkard," "drunkards."
C-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g3178 | Greek: methe |
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