Lectionary Calendar

Saturday, December 21st, 2024
the Third Week of Advent

Attention!

Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3178 - μέθη

Transliteration

méthē

Phonetics

meth'-ay

Origin

apparently a root word

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

4:545,576

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

intoxication
drunkenness

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6071 ‑ עָסִיס (aw‑sees'); 7937 ‑ שָׁכַר (shaw‑kar'); 7941 ‑ שֵׁכָר (shay‑kawr');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

BSB (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

CSB (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

ESV (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

KJV (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

N95 (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

NAS (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

NLT (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

WEB (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

YLT (3)

Luke 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

ASV (3)

drunkenness 3

BSB (3)

drunkenness 3

CSB (3)

drunkenness 3

ESV (3)

drunkenness 3

KJV (3)

drunkenness 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

drunkenness 3

N95 (3)

drunkenness 3

NAS (3)

drunkenness 3

NLT (3)

drunkenness 3

WEB (3)

drunkenness 3

YLT (3)

drunkenness 1

drunkennesses 1

murders, drunkennesses 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

ANT

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

BEZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

BGB

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

BMT

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

BYZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

ELZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

NA26

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

SBL

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

SCV

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

STV

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

TIS

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

TRG

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NPF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μέθη, ἡ,

(for μεθύω: μέθη, cf. πληθύω: πλήθᾱ)

I strong drink, καλῶς ἔχειν μέθης to be pretty well drunk, Hdt. 5.20; ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης S. OT 779; μέθῃ βρεχθείς E. El. 326; ἡ ἀπειρία τῆς μ. Antipho 4.3.2; ἐσφαλμένος ὑπὸ μέθης Pl. R. 396d; μανδραγόρᾳ ἢ μέθῃ συμποδίσαι τινά ib. 488c; μ. εὐώδης παλαιός fragrant old wine, Hp. Epid. 7.82.

1. drunkenness, μ. αἰώνιος Pl. R. 363d; πίνειν εἰς μέθην Id. Lg. 775b; μέθῃ χρῆσθαι ib. 674a; διὰ μέθης ποιήσασθαι.. τὴν συνουσίαν Id. Smp. 176e; κωμάζειν μετὰ μέθης Id. Lg. 637b; τρεῖς εἶχεν προφάσεις, μέθην, ἔρωτα, ἄγνοιαν D. 21.38: pl., carousals, Democr. 159, Pl. Lg. 682e; ἐν μέθαις Id. Phdr. 256c, cf. LXX Ju. 13.15, Romans 13:13, etc.

2. metaph., ὑπὸ μέθης τοῦ φόβου ναυτιᾷ Pl. Lg. 639b, cf. Metrod. Herc. 831.18; μ. νηφαλίῳ κατασχεθεὶς ὥσπερ οἱ κορυβαντιῶντες Ph. 1.16, cf. 2.320.

III Μέθη personified, in Art, Paus. 2.27.3.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μέθη, μέθης, ἡ (akin to μέθυ, wine; perhaps any intoxicating drink, Latintemetum; cf. German Meth (mead)), intoxication; drunkenness: Luke 21:34; plural, Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:21. (Hebrew שֵׁכָר, intoxicating drink, Proverbs 20:1; Isaiah 28:7; and שִׁכָּרון, intoxication, Ezekiel 23:32; Ezekiel 39:19; (Antiphon), Xenophon, Plato, others) (Cf. Trench, § lxi.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μέθη , -ης , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H7937 and cognate forms;]

drunkenness: Luke 21:34; pl., Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:21 †

SYN.: see κῶμος G2970.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";drunkenness,"; is found in the plur., as in Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:21, in the invitation to the celebration of Hadrian’s accession P Giss I. 3.8 (A.D. 117) (= Chrest. I. p. 571) γέλωσι καὶ μέθαις ταῖς ἀπὸ κρήνης τὰς ψυχὰς ἀνέντες. See also Vett. Val. p. 90.13 εἰς ἡδονὰς καὶ μέθας ἀναλίσκουσι τὰ περικτηθέντα, and cf. Poimandres § 27 (ed. Reitzenstein, P. 337) ὦ λαοί, ἄνδρες γηγενεῖς, οἱ μέθῃ καὶ ὕπνῳ ἑαυτοὺς ἐκδεδωκότες καὶ τῇ ἀγνωσίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ, νήψατε, παύσασθε δὲ κραιπαλῶντες, θελγόμενοι ὕπνῳ ἀλόγῳ.

List of Word Forms

μεθαι μέθαι μεθαις μέθαις μεθη μέθη μέθῃ μέθην μέθης methai méthai methais méthais methe methē méthei méthēi