μέθυσος
methysos · drunkard
Greek word · Strong’s number G3183 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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methysos (μέθυσος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “drunkard”.
Someone who gets drunk.
How to say it
me·thy·sos
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
- One who habitually drinks wine until losing control.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- drunkard ×1
- drunkards ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I write to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or a swindler; with such a one do not even eat.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.