H7941 - שֵׁכָר (shêkâr)

H7941 שֵׁכָר (shêkâr) shay-kawr'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

strong drink

Strong's Definition

an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor

Derivation: from H7937 (שָׁכַר);

KJV Usage: strong drink, [phrase] drunkard, strong wine.

TWOT Reference: 2388a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3178 G3631 G4608 G4965

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁכָר shêkâr BDB Definition: 1) strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7937 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2388a Total KJV Occurrences: 24

Bible Occurrences (20)

10:9

6:3 28:7

14:26 29:6

13:4 13:7 13:14

1:15

69:12

20:1 31:4 31:6

5:11 5:22 24:9 28:7 29:9 56:12

2:11

Leviticus 10:9

You and your sons... are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter... the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Numbers 6:3

he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine... [or] strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins....

Numbers 28:7

The drink offering accompanying each lamb [shall be] a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area.

Deuteronomy 14:26

Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice... with your household.

Deuteronomy 29:6

You ate no bread and drank [no] wine or strong drink..., so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

Judges 13:4

Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

Judges 13:7

But he said to me, Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.

Judges 13:14

She must not eat anything that comes from the vine..., nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean.... She must do everything I have commanded her.