μεθύω methýō

Meaning

to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk

In the King James Version: drink well, make (be) drunk(-en)

Derivation: from another form of G3178 (μέθη);

Where it is used

• Matthew 24:49 And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
• John 2:10 and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
• Acts 2:15 These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
• 1 Corinthians 11:21 For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
• Revelation 17:6 I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.