μεθύσκω methýskō
Meaning
to intoxicate
In the King James Version: be drunk(-en)
Derivation: a prolonged (transitive) form of G3184 (μεθύω);
Where it is used
- Luke 12:45 But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
- Revelation 17:2 The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”