Quick Definition
to drink
Strong's Definition
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)
TWOT Reference: 2477
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk
Aramaic equivalent: she.tah (שְׁתָה "to drink" H8355)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
BDB Definition:
1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of Gods wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (figuratively)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2477
Total KJV Occurrences: 213