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It is used in the New Testament to describe the physical and moral state of drunkenness, often highlighting the loss of self-control and the potential for sinful behavior that accompanies it.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greco-Roman world, wine was a common beverage, often consumed with meals. While moderate consumption was socially acceptable, excessive drinking leading to drunkenness was generally frowned upon, as it was associated with a lack of self-control and moral decay. In Jewish culture, wine was also a part of religious ceremonies and celebrations, but drunkenness was condemned as it led to behavior contrary to the values of sobriety and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from methu (wine)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to be drunken<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>drunk (3), drunk freely (1), drunkards (1), get drunk (1), made drunk (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3184: μεθύω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">μεθύω</span></span> (from <span class="greek2">μέθυ</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">μέθη</span></span>); from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">רָוָה</span> and <span class="hebrew">שָׁכַר</span>; <span class="accented">to be drunken</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-49.htm">Matthew 24:49</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">1 Corinthians 11:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 62 (54)); <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">αἵματος</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐκ</span></span>, II. 5; <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">αἵματι</span>), of one who has shed blood profusely, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-6.htm">Revelation 17:6</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Pliny</span>, h. n. 14, 28 (22)<span class="latin">ebrius jam sanguine civium et tanto magis eum sitiens</span>).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be drunk. <p>From another form of <a href="/greek/3178.htm">methe</a>; to drink to intoxication, i.e. Get drunk -- drink well, make (be) drunk(-en). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3178.htm">methe</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εμέθυσα εμέθυσας εμέθυσέ εμεθύσεν εμεθύσθη εμεθύσθησαν μεθυει μεθύει μεθύοντες μεθυοντων μεθυόντων μεθύουσα μεθυουσαν μεθύουσαν μεθυουσιν μεθύουσιν μεθύσατε μεθύσει μεθύση μεθυσθήσεται μεθυσθήση μεθυσθήσονται μεθύσθητε μεθυσθώσι μεθυσθωσιν μεθυσθῶσιν μέθυσον μεθύσω μεθύων μεμεθυσμένω methuei methuonton methuontōn methuousan methuousin methusthosin methusthōsin methyei methýei methyonton methyontōn methyónton methyóntōn methyousan methýousan methyousin methýousin methysthosin methysthôsin methysthōsin methysthō̂sin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/24-49.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:49</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural">V-PPA-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μετὰ τῶν <b>μεθυόντων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and eat and drink <span class="itali">with drunkards;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> drink with <span class="itali">the drunken;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-49.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with the <span class="itali">drunkards</span><p><b><a href="/text/john/2-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 2:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Plural">V-ASP-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ὅταν <b>μεθυσθῶσιν</b> τὸν ἐλάσσω</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and when <span class="itali">[the people] have drunk freely,</span> [then he serves] the poorer<br><a href="/kjvs/john/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> when <span class="itali">men have well drunk,</span> then<br><a href="/interlinear/john/2-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and when <span class="itali">they might have drunk freely</span> the inferior<p><b><a href="/text/acts/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 2:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-PIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοι <b>μεθύουσιν</b> ἔστιν γὰρ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For these men <span class="itali">are not drunk,</span> as you suppose,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> are not <span class="itali">drunken,</span> as ye<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> take it these <span class="itali">are drunkards</span> it is indeed<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/11-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 11:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὃς δὲ <b>μεθύει</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is hungry and another <span class="itali">is drunk.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and another <span class="itali">is drunken.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/11-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one moreover <span class="itali">is drunke</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-PIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μεθυσκόμενοι νυκτὸς <b>μεθύουσιν</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who get drunk <span class="itali">get drunk</span> at night.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they that be drunken <span class="itali">are drunken</span> in the night.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> are drunkards by night <span class="itali">get drunk</span><p><b><a href="/text/revelation/17-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 17:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular">V-PPA-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὴν γυναῖκα <b>μεθύουσαν</b> ἐκ τοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the woman <span class="itali">drunk</span> with the blood<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I saw the woman <span class="itali">drunken</span> with the blood<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the woman <span class="itali">drunk</span> with the<p><b><a href="/greek/3184.htm">Strong's Greek 3184</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3184.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/methuei_3184.htm">μεθύει — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/methuonto_n_3184.htm">μεθυόντων — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/methuousan_3184.htm">μεθύουσαν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/methuousin_3184.htm">μεθύουσιν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/methustho_sin_3184.htm">μεθυσθῶσιν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3183.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3183"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3183" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3185.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3185"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3185" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>