What does μέθη (méthē) mean in the Bible?
μέθη (méthē): A state of intoxication from excess wine; listed as a work of the flesh opposing spiritual vigilance.
Greek · G3178
μέθη
Drunkenness
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μέθη G3178
Pronunciation méthē
What does μέθη (méthē) mean in the Bible?
μέθη (méthē): A state of intoxication from excess wine; listed as a work of the flesh opposing spiritual vigilance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3178?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include drunkenness (3).
Where does μέθη (méthē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 21:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (1), Luke (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It drunkenness 3× Luke 21:34, Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 21:34
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Romans 1 Galatians 1
Source forms
μέθαι 1x methai Galatians 5:21
μέθαις 1x methais Romans 13:13
μέθῃ 1x methē Luke 21:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Romans 13:13
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 21:34
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Galatians 5:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A state of intoxication from excess wine; listed as a work of the flesh opposing spiritual vigilance.
Strong's G3178
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
drunkenness
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 21:34 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
μέθῃ meqh
drunkenness
Read verse Romans 13:13 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
μέθαις, meqaiv
drunkenness
Read verse Galatians 5:21 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
μέθαι, meqai
drunkenness
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Gal 5:21 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 21:34 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Rom 13:13 1×
Word Origins
μέθη is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain