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Strong's G3184 μεθύω (methyo)

Methyo means “drink well” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3184 — yachtseeli (“Jahzeelites”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3184
Language Greek
Linked Usages 54
Books 25

Strong's G3184 Quick Answer

Strong's G3184 μεθύω (methuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. methuo (meth-oo'-o) v. 1. to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk [from another form of G3178] It has 54 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include drunk, drink, and another. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
methuo (meth-oo'-o) v. 1. to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk [from another form of G3178]
Usage
54 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
drunk, drink, and another

Meaning and Definition

methuo (meth-oo'-o) v. 1. to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk [from another form of G3178] KJV: drink well, make (be) drunk(-en) Root(s): G3178

Original Word
μεθύω
Transliteration
methuo
Derivation
Root: μέθη R1: 3178
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3184. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to get drunk

Usage: μεθύω (μέθυ, wine, cf. μέθη), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַר, רָוָה ;] to be drunken: Mat.24:49, Jhn.2:10, Act.2:15, 1Co.11:21, 1Th.5:7; metaphorically, Rev.17:2, 6.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3184 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render methuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

drunk John 2:10 another 1 Corinthians 11:21 drink Matthew 24:49

How Strong's G3184 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3184 (μεθύω) appears 47 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3184 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3184 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 24:49 KJV

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

John 2:10 KJV

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Acts 2:15 KJV

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

Strong's G3184 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 9:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.

Genesis 43:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.

Deuteronomy 32:42 Septuagint / Brenton

I will make my weapons drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh, It shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity Of the heads of their enemies that rule over them.

Strong's G3184 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 6:4 Septuagint / Brenton

For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith King Nebuchadnezzar, lord of all the earth: for he said, None of my words shall be in vain.

1 Maccabees 16:16 Septuagint / Brenton

So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely, Ptolemy and his men rose up, and took their weapons, and came upon Simon into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants.

Usage Excerpts

First 54 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3184.

Genesis 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
Genesis 43:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.
Deuteronomy 32:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will make my weapons drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh, It shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity Of the heads of their enemies that rule over them.
1 Kingdoms 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Eli accounted her a drunken woman.
1 Kingdoms 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant of Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 25:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abigail came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.
2 Kingdoms 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
3 Kingdoms 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zimri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza the steward at Tirzah.
3 Kingdoms 21:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went forth at noon, and the son of Hadad was drinking and getting drunk in Succoth, he and the kings, even thirty and two kings, his allies.
Job 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, And let them wander as a drunken man.
Psalms 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: Thou hast thoroughly anointed my head with oil; And thy cup cheers me like the best wine.
Psalms 35:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.
Psalms 64:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it; Thou hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; Thou hast prepared their food, for thus is the preparation of it.
Psalms 64:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Saturate her furrows, Multiply her fruits; The crop springing up shall rejoice in its drops.
Psalms 106:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.
Proverbs 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, And are drunken with wine of transgression.
Song of Solomon 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let my kinsman come down into his garden, And eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; Yea, brethren, drink abundantly.
Isaiah 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.
Isaiah 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord has prepared for them a spirit of error, and they have caused Egypt to err in all their works, as one staggers who is drunken and vomits also.
Isaiah 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It reels as a drunkard and one oppressed with wine, and the earth shall be shaken as a storehouse of fruits; for iniquity has prevailed upon it, and it shall fall, and shall not be able to rise.
Isaiah 28:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from the glory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine.
Isaiah 34:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My sword has been made drunk in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and with judgment upon the people doomed to destruction.
Isaiah 34:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the mighty ones shall fall with them, and the rams and the bulls; and the land shall be soaked with blood, and shall be filled with their fat.
Isaiah 49:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that afflicted thee shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers thee, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.
Isaiah 51:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore hear, thou afflicted one, and drunken, but not with wine;
Isaiah 55:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
Isaiah 58:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain from which the water has not failed.
Jeremiah 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah 28:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, causing all the earth to be drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore they were shaken.
Jeremiah 28:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In their heat I will give them a draft, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 28:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, saith the King, the Lord Almighty is his name.
Jeremiah 31:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Make ye him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughingstock.
Jeremiah 32:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say to them, Thus said the Lord Almighty; Drink ye, be ye drunken; and ye shall vomit, and shall fall, and shall in nowise rise, because of the sword which I send among you.
Jeremiah 38:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will expand and cheer with wine the soul of the priests the sons of Levi, and my people shall be satisfied with my good things: thus saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 38:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul.
Lamentations 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has filled me with bitterness, He has drenched me with gall.
Lamentations 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, That dwellest in the land: Yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to thee: Thou shalt be drunken, and pour forth.
Hosea 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Lebanon.
Joel 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Awake, ye drunkards, from your wine, and weep: mourn, all ye that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness are removed from your mouth.
Nahum 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself strength because of thine enemies.
Habakkuk 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to him that gives his neighbor to drink the thick lees of wine, and intoxicates him, that he may look upon their secret parts.
Matthew 24:49 New Testament, KJV
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
John 2:10 New Testament, KJV
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Acts 2:15 New Testament, KJV
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
1 Corinthians 11:21 New Testament, KJV
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 New Testament, KJV
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Revelation 17:2 New Testament, KJV
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Revelation 17:6 New Testament, KJV
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Judith 6:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith King Nebuchadnezzar, lord of all the earth: for he said, None of my words shall be in vain.
1 Maccabees 16:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely, Ptolemy and his men rose up, and took their weapons, and came upon Simon into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants.
Wisdom of Sirach 1:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And filleth men with her fruits.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I said, I will water my best garden, And will water abundantly my garden bed: And, lo, my brook became a river, And my river became a sea.
Wisdom of Sirach 32:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He will not accept any person against a poor man, But will hear the prayer of the oppressed.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
His blessing covered the dry land as a river, And watered it as a flood.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3184, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3184 FAQ

What does methyo (μεθύω) mean?

Methyo (Strong's G3184) is a Greek word most simply glossed "drink well". methuo (meth-oo'-o) v. 1. to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk [from another form of G3178]

How many times is methyo (μεθύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 54 linked usages for Strong's G3184 across 25 books.

Where can I study methyo (μεθύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3184 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate methyo (μεθύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as drunk, drink, and another. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3184 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 41 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3184, with linked reader references where each row is available.