Shakhar שָׁכַר
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| שָׁכַר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shakhar |
| Strong's number | H7937 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | be drunk |
| Occurrences | 19 in 19 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (5) |
Shakhar (Hebrew שָׁכַר, Strong's H7937) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be drunk”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated
1a) (Qal) to become drunken
1b)(Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk
1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk
1a) (Qal) to become drunken
1b)(Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk
1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | drunken (12), drunk (4), merry (1), abundantly (1), drink (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | drunk (3), he became drunk (1), drank freely (1), will you be drunk (1), drink freely (1), be drunk (1), they will be drunk (1), drunken (1), i made them drunk (1), get drunk (1), make him drunk (1), i will make them drunk (1), and 4 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Shakhar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 9:21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- Genesis 43:34And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 32:42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 11:13And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 29:9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- Isaiah 49:26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Isaiah 51:21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
- Isaiah 63:6And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 25:27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 48:26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- Jeremiah 51:7Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Jeremiah 51:39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 2:15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
Haggai
- Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
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).