"to inebriate, make drunk; pass. to be intoxicated, to be drunk, Lk. 12:45; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7; Rev. 17:2; to drink freely, Jn. 2:10*"
Definition and meaning
to inebriate, make drunk; pass. to be intoxicated, to be drunk, Lk. 12:45; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7; Rev. 17:2; to drink freely, Jn. 2:10*
In the original Greek the word is written: μεθύσκω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of methysko (G3182) across the King James Bible.
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
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Common questions
Strong's G3182 (methysko) is a Greek word that means: to inebriate, make drunk; pass. to be intoxicated, to be drunk, Lk. 12:45; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7; Rev. 17:2; to drink freely, Jn. 2:10* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word methysko (G3182) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3182 is methysko, a Greek word defined as: to inebriate, make drunk; pass. to be intoxicated, to be drunk, Lk. 12:45; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7; Rev. 17:2; to drink freely, Jn. 2:10*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
methysko is a Greek word found in the New Testament.