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μεθύω G3184
G3184 is the Greek word μεθύω, transliterated methýō. The King James Version most often renders it drunken.
What it means
to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk.
Where it comes from
from another form of G3178 (μέθη).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: drink well, make (be) drunk(-en).
Verses using μεθύω
All 6 verses, quoted in full.
John 2:10 · KJV
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Acts 2:15 · KJV
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
1 Corinthians 11:21 · KJV
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 · KJV
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Revelation 17:2 · KJV
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Revelation 17:6 · KJV
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3184 mean?
G3184 is the Greek word μεθύω (methýō), meaning to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk.
How is G3184 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it drunken (4 times), men have well drunk (1 time), are (1 time), made drunk (1 time).
How many times does G3184 appear in the Bible?
μεθύω (methýō) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3184 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from another form of G3178 (μέθη).
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