What does μέθυσος (méthysos) mean in the Bible?
μέθυσος (méthysos) is a Greek word meaning "drunkard".
Greek · G3183
μέθυσος
Drunkard
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μέθυσοςG3183
Pronunciationméthysos
What does μέθυσος (méthysos) mean in the Bible?
μέθυσος (méthysos) is a Greek word meaning "drunkard".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3183?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a drunkard (1), drunkards (1).
Where does μέθυσος (méthysos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 5:11. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita drunkard1×1 Corinthians 5:11
drunkards1×1 Corinthians 6:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Corinthians 5:11
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
1 Corinthians2
Source forms
μέθυσοι1xmethysoi1 Corinthians 6:10
μέθυσος1xmethysos1 Corinthians 5:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 6:10
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1x1 Corinthians 5:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. drunkard
Strong'sG3183
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
drunkard
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 5:11Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
μέθυσος,mequsov
a drunkard
Read verse1 Corinthians 6:10Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
μέθυσοι,mequsoi
a drunkard
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine1 Cor 5:111×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 6:101×
Word Origins
μέθυσος is built from this root:
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