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Lexicon :: Strong's H7937 - šāḵar

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שָׁכַר
Transliteration
šāḵar
Pronunciation
shaw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2388

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַר shâkar, shaw-kar'; a primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence:—(be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248.)

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H7937 in the following manner: drunken (12x), drunk (4x), filled with drink (1x), abundantly (1x), were merry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H7937 in the following manner: drunken (12x), drunk (4x), filled with drink (1x), abundantly (1x), were merry (1x).

  1. to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated

    1. (Qal) to become drunken

    2. (Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk

    4. (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַר shâkar, shaw-kar'; a primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence:—(be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248.)
STRONGS H7937: Abbreviations
† I. [שָׁכַר] verb be, or become, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew id., derived species and derivatives; Ecclus 40:18; Ecclus 40:20 שכר strong drink; Arabic bdb101601 be drunken, also be full, bdb101602 fill; Assyrian šikaru; = שֵׁכָר, šikaru, drunken, perhaps also verb šakâru; Ethiopic bdb101603: Aramaic שִׁכְרָא, bdb101604 = שְׁכָר, especially date-wine (Löw p. 125), compare bdb101605 be drunken, usually (derived species) defile, deform, etc.; from שֵׁכָר, Egyptian ṯà-k-ïra WMMAs. u. Eur. 102, Greek σίκερα, LewyFremdw. 81); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural שָֽׁכְרוּ Isaiah 29:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר Genesis 9:21, 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Isaiah 49:26, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּ Jeremiah 25:27; Songs 5:1; Infinitive construct לְשָׁכְרָה Haggai 1:6; Passive participle שְׁכֻרַת Isaiah 51:21 (Ges§ 130 b LagBN 60); — become drunken Genesis 9:21 (J), of social drinking Genesis 43:34 (J), Songs 5:1, token of plenty Haggai 1:6; figurative of nations staggering helplessly under calamity Jeremiah 25:27; Jeremiah 51:21(וְלֹא מִיָּ֑יִן), of Nahum 3:11; of infatuation Isaiah 29:9 (וְלֹא יַיִן), of disgrace Lamentations 4:21, self-destruction, כֶּעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשׁ׳ Isaiah 49:26.
Pi. make drunken: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 Samuel 11:13, literal; figurative 1st person singular (suffix of people) וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read וָ׳) Isaiah 63:6 (subject י׳) I made them drunk in my wrath (but MSS Ges Hi Ew Che Kit Marti and others וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵם I brake them in pieces); Participle feminine singular, of Babylonian, מְשַׁכֶּרֶת בָּלהָֿרֶץ Jeremiah 51:7; compare Infinitive absolute. שַׁכֵּר Habakkuk 2:15 (i.e. terrorizing nations; read probably הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ׳ We Now).
Hiph. id.: Perfect 1st person singular וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:27 (subject י׳) i.e. make princes helpless, וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים Jeremiah 51:39; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and disgraced Jeremiah 48:26; Imperfect 1st person singular אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּם Deuteronomy 32:42. — RubenJQ xi (1889), 446 proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֺת Hosea 7:5 for משׁך ידו את.
Hithp. Imperfect 2nd person feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 Samuel 1:14 how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ?
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:21; 9:21; 43:34

Deuteronomy

32:42

1 Samuel

1:14

2 Samuel

11:13

Song of Songs

5:1; 5:1

Isaiah

29:9; 29:9; 49:26; 49:26; 51:21; 63:6

Jeremiah

25:27; 25:27; 48:26; 51:7; 51:21; 51:27; 51:39

Lamentations

4:21

Hosea

7:5

Nahum

3:11

Habakkuk

2:15

Haggai

1:6; 1:6

H7937

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Strong's Number H7937 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַר (šāḵar),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - He drank H8354 of the wine H3196 and became H7937 drunk, H7937 and uncovered H1540 himself inside H8432 his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - He took H5375 portions H4864 to them from [fn]his own table, H6440 but Benjamin’s H1144 portion H4864 was five H2568 times H3027 as much H7235 as any H3605 of theirs. So they feasted H8354 and drank H7937 freely H7937 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - ‘I will make My arrows H2671 drunk H7937 with blood, H1818
And My sword H2719 will devour H398 flesh, H1320
With the blood H1818 of the slain H2491 and the captives, H7633
From the long-haired H6546 [fn]leaders H7218 of the enemy.’ H340

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - Then Eli H5941 said H559 to her, “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you make H7937 yourself drunk? H7937 Put H5493 away H5493 your wine H3196 from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David H1732 called H7121 him, and he ate H398 and drank H8354 before H6440 him, and he made H7937 him drunk; H7937 and in the evening H6153 he went H3318 out to lie H7901 on his bed H4904 with his lord’s H113 servants, H5650 but he did not go H3381 down H3381 to his house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - “[fn]I have come H935 into my garden, H1588 my sister, H269 my bride; H3618
I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 along H5973 with my balsam. H1314
I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 [fn]and my honey; H1706
I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 [fn]and my milk. H2461
Eat, H398 friends; H7453
Drink H8354 and [fn]imbibe H7937 deeply, H7937 O lovers.” H1730

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Be delayed H4102 and wait, H8539
Blind H8173 yourselves and be blind; H8173
They become H7937 drunk, H7937 but not with wine, H3196
They stagger, H5128 but not with strong H7941 drink. H7941

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - “I will feed H398 your oppressors H3238 with their own flesh, H1320
And they will become H7937 drunk H7937 with their own blood H1818 as with sweet H6071 wine; H6071
And all H3605 flesh H1320 will know H3045 that I, the LORD, H3068 am your Savior H3467
And your Redeemer, H1350 the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob.” H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:21 - Therefore, H3651 please H4994 hear H8085 this, H2088 you afflicted, H6041
Who are drunk, H7937 but not with wine: H3196

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:6 - “I trod H947 down H947 the peoples H5971 in My anger H639
And made them drunk H7937 in My wrath, H2534
And I [fn]poured H3381 out their lifeblood H5332 on the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - “You shall say H559 to them, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 “Drink, H8354 be drunk, H7937 vomit, H7006 fall H5307 and rise H6965 no H3808 more because H4480 H6440 of the sword H2719 which H834 I will send H7971 among H996 you.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make H7937 him drunk, H7937 for he has [fn]become H1431 arrogant H1431 toward H5921 the LORD; H3068 so Moab H4124 will [fn]wallow H5606 in his vomit, H6892 and he also H1571 will become H1961 a laughingstock. H7814

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylon H894 has been a golden H2091 cup H3563 in the hand H3027 of the LORD, H3068
Intoxicating H7937 all H3605 the earth. H776
The nations H1471 have drunk H8354 of her wine; H3196
Therefore H5921 H3651 the nations H1471 are going H1984 mad. H1984

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - “When they become H2552 heated H2552 up, I will serve H7896 them their banquet H4960
And make H7937 them drunk, H7937 that they may become H5937 jubilant H5937
And may sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142
And not wake H3364 up,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - “I will make H7937 her princes H8269 and her wise H2450 men H2450 drunk, H7937
Her governors, H6346 her prefects H5461 and her mighty H1368 men, H1368
That they may sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142 and not wake H3364 up,”
Declares H5002 the King, H4428 whose name H8034 is the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice H7797 and be glad, H8055 O daughter H1323 of Edom, H123
Who dwells H3427 in the land H776 of Uz; H5780
But the cup H3563 will come H5674 around H5674 to you as well, H1571
You will become H7937 drunk H7937 and make H6168 yourself naked. H6168

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 - You too H1571 will become H7937 drunk, H7937
You will be hidden. H5956
You too H1571 will search H1245 for a refuge H4581 from the enemy. H340

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - “Woe H1945 to you who make [fn]your neighbors H7453 drink, H8248
Who mix H5596 in your venom H2534 even H637 to make H7937 them drunk H7937
So H4616 as to look H5027 on their nakedness! H4589

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown H2232 much, H7235 but [fn]harvest H935 little; H4592 you eat, H398 but there is not enough to be satisfied; H7654 you drink, H8354 but there is [fn]not enough to become H7937 drunk; H7937 you put H3847 on clothing, H3847 but no H369 one H369 is warm H2552 enough; and he who earns, H7936 earns H7936 wages H7939 to put into a purse H6872 with holes.” H5344
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