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Lexicon :: Strong's H8248 - šāqâ

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שָׁקָה
Transliteration
šāqâ
Pronunciation
shaw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2452

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקָה shâqâh, shaw-kaw'; a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to:—cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937, H8354.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x

The KJV translates Strong's H8248 in the following manner: drink (43x), water (17x), butler (9x), cupbearer (3x), miscellaneous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x
The KJV translates Strong's H8248 in the following manner: drink (43x), water (17x), butler (9x), cupbearer (3x), miscellaneous (1x).

  1. to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to water, irrigate

      2. to water, give drink to

    2. (Pual) to be watered

    3. (Niphal) variant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקָה shâqâh, shaw-kaw'; a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to:—cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937, H8354.
STRONGS H8248: Abbreviations
† [שָׁקָה] verb
Hiph. cause to drink water, give to drink (Late Hebrew Hiph. id.; Arabic bdb105204 I. give to drink; Sabean סקי be irrigated FellZMG liv (1900), 246, מסקי drinks HomChr 124, מסתקין id. DHMHofmus., No. 1, l. 7; Ethiopic bdb105205 water, irrigate; Assyrian šaḳû I. = Hebrew Hiph., Aramaic שְׁקָא, bdb105206 Aph`el); — for Qal see שָׁתָה; — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקָה Genesis 2:6 +, suffix וְהִשְׁקָהּ Numbers 5:27; 2nd person masculine singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקִיתָ Numbers 20:8 +; 1st person singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקֵיתִי Ezekiel 32:6, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁקֶה Numbers 5:26, וַיַּשְׁקְ Genesis 29:10 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַשְׁקִ֫הוּ Proverbs 25:21; feminine singular suffix הַשְׁקֹ֫ינִי Genesis 24:43 +; Infinitive construct הַשְׁקוֺת Genesis 2:10 +, suffix הַשְׁקֹתוֺ Genesis 24:19; Participle מַשְׁקֶה Psalm 104:13, construct Habakkuk 2:15 (see also I., II. מַשְׁקֶה); —
1. water, irrigate, ground: subject mist Genesis 2:6, river Genesis 2:10 (both J), spring Joel 4:18 [Joel 3:18]; subject י׳ Isaiah 27:3 (כֶּרֶם), Ezekiel 17:7 (גֶּפֶן), both in figure, figurative also Ezekiel 32:6 water land מִדָּם; literal with מִן of source Psalm 104:13 (הָרִים) and (subject man) Ecclesiastes 2:6 (יַעַר).
2. water, give drink to, usually human subject, accusative of beast, Genesis 24:14, 46 (twice in verse); Genesis 29:2 (מִן of source), Genesis 29:3; Genesis 29:7; Genesis 29:8; Genesis 29:10; Exodus 2:16, 17, 19 (all J), Psalm 104:11 (subject springs); accusative of person Genesis 21:19 (E), Genesis 24:18, 19, 45 (J), Habakkuk 2:15 (figurative), Isaiah 43:20 (י׳ subject), Psalm 78:15 (id.), 2 Chronicles 28:15, with ב of vessel Esther 1:7; with accusative of person and animal. Numbers 20:8 (P); give one something to drink, accusative of person + of thing (water, wine, etc.), Amos 2:12; Genesis 19:32, 33, 34, 35; Genesis 24:43 (all J), Judges 4:19; 1 Samuel 30:11; 2 Samuel 23:15 = 1 Chronicles 11:15; Job 22:7, compare Songs 8:2 (מִיַּיִן); figurative Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 16:7; Jeremiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:15; Psalm 69:22, compare וְנַחַל עֲדָנֶיךָ תַשְׁקֵם Psalm 36:9, and וַתַּשְׁקֵ֫מוֺ בִּדְמָעוֺת Psalm 80:6; accusative of thing omitted, literal Judges 4:19; Exodus 32:20 (E), figurative Jeremiah 25:17. — See also I.מַשְׁקֶה below.
Pu. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וּמֹחַ עַצְמוֺתָיו יְשֻׁקֶּה Job 21:24 the marrow of his bones is watered, (refreshed, invigorated). — נשׁקה Amos 8:8 see שׁקע.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:6; 2:6; 2:10; 2:10; 19:32; 19:33; 19:34; 19:35; 21:19; 24:14; 24:18; 24:19; 24:19; 24:43; 24:43; 24:45; 24:46; 29:2; 29:3; 29:7; 29:8; 29:10; 29:10

Exodus

2:16; 2:17; 2:19; 32:20

Numbers

5:26; 5:27; 20:8; 20:8

Judges

4:19; 4:19

1 Samuel

30:11

2 Samuel

23:15

1 Chronicles

11:15

2 Chronicles

28:15

Esther

1:7

Job

21:24; 22:7

Psalms

36:9; 69:22; 78:15; 80:6; 104:11; 104:13; 104:13

Proverbs

25:21

Ecclesiastes

2:6

Song of Songs

8:2

Isaiah

27:3; 43:20

Jeremiah

8:14; 9:14; 16:7; 23:15; 25:15; 25:17

Ezekiel

17:7; 32:6; 32:6

Joel

3:18

Amos

2:12; 8:8

Habakkuk

2:15; 2:15

H8248

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Strong's Number H8248 matches the Hebrew שָׁקָה (šāqâ),
which occurs 62 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 2:6–Jer 16:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:6 - Instead, springs[fn] came up from the ground and watered all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - When she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels, too, until they have had enough to drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - See, I am standing here beside this spring. This is my request. When a young woman comes to draw water, I will say to her, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before I had finished praying in my heart, I saw Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’ So I drank, and then she watered the camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - Jacob said, “Look, it’s still broad daylight—too early to round up the animals. Why don’t you water the sheep and goats so they can get back out to pasture?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - “We can’t water the animals until all the flocks have arrived,” they replied. “Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And because Rachel was his cousin—the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother—and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle’s flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:19 - “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they answered. “And then he drew water for us and watered our flocks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings on the curse. When the water enters her body, it will cause bitter suffering if she is guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:26 - He will take a handful of the flour as a token portion and burn it on the altar, and he will require the woman to drink the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink,[fn] and her name will become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - “You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - For the land you are about to enter and take over is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and made irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - “Please give me some water,” he said. “I’m thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:11 - Along the way they found an Egyptian man in a field and brought him to David. They gave him some bread to eat and water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - David remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the four men just mentioned by name came forward and distributed clothes from the plunder to the prisoners who were naked. They provided clothing and sandals to wear, gave them enough food and drink, and dressed their wounds with olive oil. They put those who were weak on donkeys and took all the prisoners back to their own people in Jericho, the city of palms. Then they returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - Drinks were served in gold goblets of many designs, and there was an abundance of royal wine, reflecting the king’s generosity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - the picture of good health,
vigorous and fit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - You must have refused water for the thirsty
and food for the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 - You feed them from the abundance of your own house,
letting them drink from your river of delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:3 - You have been very hard on us,
making us drink wine that sent us reeling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 - But instead, they give me poison[fn] for food;
they offer me sour wine for my thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split open the rocks in the wilderness
to give them water, as from a gushing spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - You have fed us with sorrow
and made us drink tears by the bucketful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - They provide water for all the animals,
and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:13 - You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home,
and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.
If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I built reservoirs to collect the water to irrigate my many flourishing groves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 - I would bring you to my childhood home,
and there you would teach me.[fn]
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
my sweet pomegranate wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:3 - I, the LORD, will watch over it,
watering it carefully.
Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The wild animals in the fields will thank me,
the jackals and owls, too,
for giving them water in the desert.
Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland
so my chosen people can be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - “Then the people will say,
‘Why should we wait here to die?
Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there.
For the LORD our God has decreed our destruction
and has given us a cup of poison to drink
because we sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - So now, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - No one will offer a meal to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even at the death of a mother or father. No one will send a cup of wine to console them.

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