Quick Definition
σίκερα, τό n.indcl. intoxicating drink
Strong's Definition
of Hebrew origin (7941); an intoxicant, i.e. intensely fermented liquor
KJV Usage: strong drink
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. (Aramaic loanword)
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beer an intoxicating drink made from grain Though σίκερα may have a generic meaning and thus refer to any type of intoxicating drink, in the NT it occurs only in LUK 1:15, where it contrasts with wine and refers to intoxicating beverages made from grain. Distilled alcoholic beverages, such as whiskey, gin, and vodka, were not known in the ancient world.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σίκερα, τό, (Hebr. 13¥ (rather, ace. to Kautzsch (Gram. p- 11) for 813¥ (prop. cixpa) the stat. emphat. of φῦ (lit. ‘intoxicating’ drink)]), indecl. [W. 68 (66); B. 24 (21)], (yet Euseb. praep. evang. 6, 10, 8 has a gen. σίκερος [and Soph. in his Lex. quotes fr. Cyrill. Alex. 1, 1041 ἃ. (ed. Migne) a gen. σικέρατος }), strong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine [exe. in Num. xxviii. 7 (cf. Is. xxviii. 7)]; it was a factitious product, made of a mixture of sweet ingredients, whether derived from grain and vegetables, or from the juice of fruits (dates), or a decoction of honey: Lk. i. 15 (Lev. x. 9; Num. vi. 3; Deut. xiv. 25 (26); xxix. 6, οἵα. ; the same Hebr. word is rendered also by μέθυσμα, Judg. xiii. 4, 7, 14; Mic. ii. 11). Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Wein, kunstlicher; [B. Ὁ. s.v. Drink, Strong].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σίκερα sikera 1x
strong or inebriating drink, Lk. 1:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σίκερα, τό indecl.
(Aram. שִׁכְרָא), [in LXX for שֵׁכָר (also rendered μέθυσμα, Jg 13:4, Mi 2:11), Le 10:9, al. ;]
fermented liquor, strong drink: Lk 1:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σίκερα, “strong drink,” an indeclinable transcript from Aramaic sv, found in the NT only in Lk 115, but frequent in the LXX (Thackeray Gr. i. p. 33). In P Tebt II. 4131: 111 Ce jar for drinking σίκερα ”: see the editors’ note, also στ, σκιά. yy Σίλας, or better Σιλᾶς (Winer-Schmiedel Gr. p. 74), a Semitic name which is Latinized into Σιλονανός (7.v.). It is found in a sepulchral inser. Cagvat III. 817! Σίλα[ς ΝἸενησίος ὁ καὶ Κλεόνεικος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σίκερα (sikera) — alcoholic drink. σίκερα, τό, fermented liquor, strong drink, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Hebrew šēkār.)