Lexical Summary methē: drunkenness Original Word: μέθηTransliteration: methē Phonetic Spelling: (meth'-ay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: drunkenness Meaning: drunkenness Strong's Concordance drunkenness. Apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, i.e. (by implication) intoxication -- drunkenness. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3178: μέθημέθη, 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.) |
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