Define

• Hebrew: word and meaning
  shāḵar (שָׁכַר) — to be drunk, to become intoxicated (equivalent Old Testament term for drunkenness/drunkard, e.g., Genesis 9:21, Isaiah 28:7, Proverbs 23:20-21)

• Greek:
  methysos (μέθυσος) — drunkard, one who is habitually drunk, intoxicated person

Related words

• methyō (μεθύω) — to be drunk, to get drunk (related verb form)
• methē (μέθη) — drunkenness, intoxication (related noun form, used elsewhere e.g., Luke 21:34)

Additional Info

• In 1 Corinthians 5:11, methysos (μέθυσος) is used to describe the drunkard among those believers should not associate with if claiming to be a brother, listed alongside the sexually immoral, covetous, idolaters, revilers, and swindlers.

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