Strong's Hebrew · H7937
H7937 shâkar
שָׁכַר
shaw-kar'
be drunk
shâkar appears 19 times in Scripture, including Genesis 9:21 and Deuteronomy 32:42. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
In the King James Version
(be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.”
“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.”
“Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.”
“I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.””
“Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.”
“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.”
“and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!””
“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.””
“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.”
“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.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
