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μεθύω

Strong’s: G3184

Associated OET lemmas: μεθύω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἀμέθεστος · μέθη · μεθύσκομαι · μέθυσος

Sense 1: to be drunk, drunkenness

Semantic entry: 88.283

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Drunkenness

Definition: to become drunk on alcoholic beverages

MAT 24:49: RV MAT 24:49 · LV MAT 24:49 · Read together MAT 24:49

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OET-RV MAT 24:49

49 and starts beating his fellow slaves, and spends time eating and drinking with drunks,

OET-LV MAT 24:49

49 and he _may _begin to _be _striking the fellow-slaves of _him, and may _be _eating also may _be _drinking with the ones being _drunk,

ACT 2:15: RV ACT 2:15 · LV ACT 2:15 · Read together ACT 2:15

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OET-RV ACT 2:15

15 This group isn’t drunk like you’re all thinking, because it’s still mid-morning,

OET-LV ACT 2:15

15 For/Because these are_ not _being _drunk as you _all are _supposing, because/for it _is the_ third _hour, of _the day,

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 24:49 · LV MAT 24:49 · Read together MAT 24:49

ACT: RV ACT 2:15 · LV ACT 2:15 · Read together ACT 2:15

CO1: RV CO1 11:21 · LV CO1 11:21 · Read together CO1 11:21

Sense 2: to drink freely, to drink a great deal, to get drunk

Semantic entry: 23.37

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: to drink wine or beer (distilled alcoholic beverages were not known in the ancient world), usually with emphasis upon drinking relatively large quantities

JHN 2:10: RV JHN 2:10 · LV JHN 2:10 · Read together JHN 2:10

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OET-RV JHN 2:10

10 and exclaimed, “Most people supply the best wine at the beginning of the reception, and the cheaper stuff when people are a bit tipsy. But you’ve kept the best wine until last!”

OET-LV JHN 2:10

10 and he _is _saying to _him:
Every person is _presenting first the good wine, and the lessor whenever they _may _be _being _drunk, you have _kept the good wine until now.

TH1 5:7: RV TH1 5:7 · LV TH1 5:7 · Read together TH1 5:7

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OET-RV TH1 5:7

7 Those who sleep do it at night, and those who get drunk do it at night,

OET-LV TH1 5:7

7 For/Because the ones sleeping, by _night are _sleeping, and the ones being _drunk, by _night are _being _drunk.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 2:10 · LV JHN 2:10 · Read together JHN 2:10

TH1: RV TH1 5:7 · LV TH1 5:7 · Read together TH1 5:7

REV: RV REV 17:6 · LV REV 17:6 · Read together REV 17:6