Sava סָבָא
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| סָבָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sava |
| Strong's number | H5433 (H5433A, H5433B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to imbibe |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (2) |
Sava (Hebrew סָבָא, Strong's H5433) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to imbibe”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H5433A: to imbibe
1) to drink heavily or largely, imbibe
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to imbibe
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to imbibe
H5433B: be drunk
wine-bibber, drunkard (participle) (subst)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | drunkard (2), fill (1), drunken (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | drunkard (3), those who drink too much (1), let us imbibe (1), drunkards (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sava, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 21:20And 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.and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Proverbs
- Proverbs 23:20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 56:12Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
Nahum
- Nahum 1:10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).