Ephesians 5:18

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And be not

שָׁתָה

shâthâh

H8354

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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with

יַיִן

yayin

H3196

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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is

יֶתֶר

yether

H3499

properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)

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but be

מָלֵא

mâlêʼ

H4390

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

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with the

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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Key Terms in This Verse

excess H3499

יֶתֶר yether

properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)

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drunk H8354

שָׁתָה shâthâh

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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filled H4390

מָלֵא mâlêʼ

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

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wherein H834

אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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wine H3196

יַיִן yayin

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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Spirit H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...

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Cross References

Luke 1:15 cross-reference

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

Proverbs 20:1 cross-reference

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Romans 13:13 cross-reference

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Acts 11:24 cross-reference

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

Isaiah 5:22 cross-reference

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

1 Corinthians 5:11 cross-reference

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one n...

Luke 11:13 cross-reference

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Luke 12:45 cross-reference

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;

1 Thessalonians 5:7 cross-reference

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

1 Corinthians 6:10 cross-reference

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Luke 21:34 cross-reference

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Titus 1:6 cross-reference

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Deuteronomy 21:20 cross-reference

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Isaiah 55:1 cross-reference

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

1 Corinthians 11:21 cross-reference

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Song of Solomon 1:4 cross-reference

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Genesis 9:21 cross-reference

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Matthew 23:25 cross-reference

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Psalm 69:12 cross-reference

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Isaiah 25:6 cross-reference

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

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