μεθύσκω
methyskō · get drunk
Greek word · Strong’s number G3182 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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methyskō (μεθύσκω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “get drunk”.
Be drunk.
How to say it
me·thys·kō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To drink wine until losing self-control.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Luke 12:45
But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying to come,’ and begins to beat the servants and the maids, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
- Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.