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Lexicon :: Strong's H7941 - šēḵār

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שֵׁכָר
Transliteration
šēḵār
Pronunciation
shay-kawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2388a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁכָר shêkâr, shay-kawr'; from H7937; an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor:—strong drink, drunkard, strong wine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H7941 in the following manner: strong drink (21x), strong wine (1x), drunkard (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H7941 in the following manner: strong drink (21x), strong wine (1x), drunkard (1x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁכָר shêkâr, shay-kawr'; from H7937; an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor:—strong drink, drunkard, strong wine.
STRONGS H7941: Abbreviations
† שֵׁכָר noun [masculine] intoxicating drink, strong drink (BaNB § 71); — always שׁ׳ absolute; usually || וַיִן (except Psalm 69:13): Isaiah 29:8; usually condemned, Isaiah 5:11, 22; Isaiah 28:7 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 56:12 (נִסְבְּאָה שׁ׳), Micah 2:11; 1 Samuel 1:15; Proverbs 20:1; forbidden to priests on duty Leviticus 10:9 (P); not for princes Proverbs 31:4; nor Nazirite Numbers 6:3; Judges 13:4, 7, 14, compare חֹמֶץ שׁ׳ Numbers 6:3; שׁוֺתֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 69:13 drunkards; but שׁ׳ as common drink Deuteronomy 29:5 (opposed to miraculous), allowable in sacrificial meal Deuteronomy 14:26, commended for weak and weary Proverbs 31:4; נֶסֶךְ שׁ׳ Numbers 28:7(P; for יַיִן Numbers 28:14); see further KennedyEncy. Bib. iv. 5309 f. — On form compare LagM ii. 357; BN 51.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

10:9

Numbers

6:3; 6:3; 28:7; 28:14

Deuteronomy

14:26; 29:5

Judges

13:4; 13:7; 13:14

1 Samuel

1:15

Psalms

69:13; 69:13

Proverbs

20:1; 31:4; 31:4

Isaiah

5:11; 5:22; 28:7; 29:8; 56:12

Micah

2:11

H7941

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Strong's Number H7941 matches the Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār),
which occurs 23 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - Ye shall not drink wine nor strong drink, thou and thy sons with thee, whensoever ye enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when ye approach the altar, so shall ye not die; it is a perpetual statute for your generations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7 - And its drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin to each lamb; in the holy place shalt thou pour strong drink as a drink-offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - And thou shalt give the money for whatsoever thy soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or thou shalt lay it out on strong drink, or on whatsoever thy soul may desire, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice and thy house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6 - (LXX 29:5) Ye did not eat bread, ye did not drink wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - And he said to me, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine [fn]yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live [fn]in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12 - (LXX 68:13) They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1 - Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall inflame them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - They are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered [fn]through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Faint ye, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11 - ye have fled, no one pursuing you: thy spirit has framed falsehood, it has dropped on thee for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass, that out of the dropping of this people,
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