Word study · Greek

methýskō

to get drunk

Say it: meth-OO-sko (approximate)

μεθύσκω

What it means

To become intoxicated. In 5:18, "don't be drunken with wine," set against "be filled with the Spirit." Jesus' disciples were wrongly accused of being drunk on Pentecost (Acts 2:15).

Range of meaning

  • Get drunkBecome intoxicated.
  • Be intoxicatedBe overcome by drink.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 5

    "Don't be drunken with wine" (5:18).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3182 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources