Drunk, (-en, be), Drunkard, Drunkenness
Drunk, (-en, be), Drunkard, Drunkenness
signifies “to be drunk with wine” (from methu, “mulled wine;” hence Eng., “mead, honey-wine”); originally it denoted simply “a pleasant drink.” For Joh 2:10 see under DRINK. The verb is used of “being intoxicated” in Mat 24:49; Act 2:15; 1Co 11:21; 1Th 5:7; metaphorically, of the effect upon men of partaking of the abominations of the Babylonish system, Rev 17:2; of being in a state of mental “intoxication,” through the shedding of men’s blood profusely, Rev 17:6.
signifies “to make drunk, or to grow drunk” (an inceptive verb, marking the process or the state expressed in No. 1), “to become intoxicated,” Luk 12:45; Eph 5:18; 1Th 5:7.
“drunken” (cp. No. 2), is used as noun, in the singular, in 1Co 5:11, and in the plural, in 1Co 6:10, “drunkard,” “drunkards.”
“strong drink” (akin to methu, “wine,” see under A. 1, above), denotes “drunkenness, habitual intoxication,” Luk 21:34; Rom 13:13; Gal 5:21.