Quick Definition
to water: watering
Strong's Definition
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).
TWOT Reference: 2452
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקָה (sha.qah) — to water: watering. : watering(ANIMALS/PLANTS) 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant
שָׁקָה (sha.qah) — to water: drink. : drink(PEOPLE) 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant
שָׁקָה (sha.qah) — to water: cupbearer. : cupbearer 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַשְׁקֶה · שֹׁקֶת · שִׁקּוּי
Wet | verb pu'al
to be moistened = state in which objects contain a certain amount of moisture
Wet | verb hif
to moisten, to water, to irrigate = causative process or action by which humans, deities, or bodies of water provide water to a certain area
GEN 2:6 · GEN 2:10 · DEU 11:10 · PSA 104:13 · ECC 2:6 · ISA 27:3 · EZK 17:7 · EZK 32:6 · JOL 4:18
Ingest | verb hif
to give to drink = causative action by which humans or deities provide liquids for (other) humans or animals to drink
GEN 19:32 · GEN 19:33 · GEN 19:34 · GEN 19:35 · GEN 21:19 · GEN 24:14 · GEN 24:18 · GEN 24:19 · GEN 24:43 · GEN 24:45 · GEN 24:46 · GEN 24:46 · GEN 29:2 · GEN 29:3 · GEN 29:7 · GEN 29:8 · GEN 29:10 · EXO 2:16 · EXO 2:17 · EXO 2:19 · EXO 32:20 · NUM 5:24 · NUM 5:26 · NUM 5:27 · NUM 20:8 · JDG 4:19 · JDG 4:19 · 1SA 30:11 · 2SA 23:15 · 1CH 11:17 · 2CH 28:15 · EST 1:7 · JOB 22:7 · PSA 36:9 · PSA 60:5 · PSA 69:22 · PSA 78:15 · PSA 80:6 · PSA 104:11 · PRO 25:21 · SNG 8:2 · ISA 43:20 · JER 8:14 · JER 9:14 · JER 16:7 · JER 23:15 · JER 25:15 · JER 25:17 · JER 35:2 · AMO 2:12 · HAB 2:15
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁקָה] vb. Hiph. cause to drink water, give to drink Hiph. water, irrigate, ground
water, give drink to
Pu. the marrow of his bones is watered, (refreshed, invigorated).
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