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Lexicon :: Strong's H8354 - šāṯâ

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שָׁתָה
Transliteration
šāṯâ
Pronunciation
shaw-thaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2477

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁתָה shâthâh, shaw-thaw'; a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):—× assuredly, banquet, × certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (× -ard), surely. (Intensive proposition of H8248.)

KJV Translation Count — Total: 217x

The KJV translates Strong's H8354 in the following manner: drink (208x), drinkers (1x), drunkards (1x), banquet (1x), miscellaneous (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 217x
The KJV translates Strong's H8354 in the following manner: drink (208x), drinkers (1x), drunkards (1x), banquet (1x), miscellaneous (6x).

  1. to drink

    1. (Qal)

      1. to drink

        1. of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)

      2. to feast

    2. (Niphal) to be drunk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁתָה shâthâh, shaw-thaw'; a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):—× assuredly, banquet, × certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (× -ard), surely. (Intensive proposition of H8248.)
STRONGS H8354: Abbreviations
I. שָׁתָה 217 verb drink (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šatû, Ethiopic bdb105901 Old Aramaic שתה, Aramaic שְׁתָא, אִשְׁתִּי, [bdb105902], bdb105903; Sabean שתי DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 403 HomChr 124); —
Qal216 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Exodus 34:28 +, 1st person singular שָׁתִ֫יתִי 1 Samuel 1:15 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁתֶּה Genesis 44:5 +, וַיִּשְׁתֶּה 1 Kings 19:8, usually וַיֵּשְׁתְּ Genesis 9:21+; jussive וְיֵשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:18; 3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּשְׁתְּ Numbers 20:11; 2nd person masculine singular with apocope תֵּשְׁתְּ Judges 13:14 +, וַתֵּשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:22; 1st person singular וָאֵשְׁתְּ Genesis 24:46; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁתָּי֑וּן Psalm 78:44, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁתֵה Genesis 24:14 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁתֹה Isaiah 21:5; Jeremiah 49:12 (in 1 Samuel 1:9 after preposition, anomalous, Ges§ 113e, omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and modern), שָׁתוֺ Jeremiah 25:28 +, שָׁתוֺת Isaiah 22:13 (Ges§ 75n); construct תְוֺ Proverbs 31:4, שְׁתוֺת Jeremiah 35:8, 14, לִשְׁתּתֹ Genesis 24:19 +, suffix שְׁתוֺתוֺ 1 Kings 13:33, לִשְׁתּוֺתָהּ Isaiah 51:22 etc.; Participle active שֹׁתֶה Isaiah 29:8 +, feminine שֹׁתָה Job 6:4, etc.; —
1.
a. of man: drink, water, wine, etc., Exodus 34:28 (JE), compare Exodus 15:24 (J), 1 Samuel 30:12; Amos 2:8; Amos 4:8; Amos 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; Isaiah 62:8, 9; Proverbs 31:4; Judges 13:4, 7, 14 + often (2 times J E; + 6 times D); by measure (short allowance) Ezekiel 4:11, 16; milk † Ezekiel 25:4, compare Songs 5:1; blood 1 Chronicles 11:19 (figurative of water gained by hazard); figurative חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי Job 6:4 whose venom [of arrows of י׳] my spirit drinks up; accusative + מִן of source † Exodus 7:18 (J), Exodus 7:21 (E), Exodus 15:23 (J), Proverbs 5:15 (figurative); accusative (of wine, water, etc.) omitted Genesis 24:14 (twice in verse); Genesis 27:25; Genesis 43:34 (all J) + 11 times J, Exodus 7:24; Exodus 17:6 (E), Numbers 20:5 (JE), Numbers 20:11; Numbers 33:14 (P), Judges 15:19 + often; accusative שׁין † 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12; מַמְתַקִּים Nehemiah 8:10; absolute Ecclesiastes 2:24 +; + מִן of source 1 Kings 17:4, 6; Psalm 110:7, מִכֹּסוֺ 2 Samuel 12:3; בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן שׁ׳ Amos 6:6, compare Genesis 44:5; בְּיַיִן שׁ׳ † Proverbs 9:5; with מִן partitive Genesis 9:21; Exodus 7:24; Ruth 2:9, also (figurative) Jeremiah 51:7 (and Job 21:20 below).
†b. participle as substantive שֹׁתֵי מַיִם Ezekiel 31:14, 16, שֹׁתֵי יַיִן Joel 1:5; שׁוֺתֵי שֵׁכָר Psalm 69:13.
c. drink wine in sacrificial feast Deuteronomy 32:38 (poem); blood of sacrificial victim Psalm 50:13 (figurative of י׳).
d. subject animals Numbers 20:19; Jonah 3:7 (both + men), also (figurative) Ezekiel 34:18, 19; accusative (water) omitted Genesis 24:19, 22; Genesis 30:38 (twice in verse).
e. figurative of drinking cup of י׳'s wrath, אֶתאכּוֺס שׁ׳ חֲמָתוֺ Isaiah 51:17 (+ מִיַּד י׳), compare Isaiah 51:17, Isaiah 51:22, see also Ezekiel 23:32, 34 and (accusative omitted) Jeremiah 25:16, 26, 27 + 8 times Jeremiah; Habakkuk 2:16; absolute Obadiah 16 (3 times in verse); accusative שְׁמָרִים Psalm 75:9; מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי שׁ׳ Job 21:20.
†f. drink blood, figurative of slaughter, Numbers 23:24 (J E; of lion, metaphor of Israel), Zechariah 9:15 (read דָּמָם for הָמוּ Greek Version of the LXXManuscripts Sta Now Marti); so (blood of י׳'s sacrifice) Ezekiel 39:17, 18, 19.
g. figurative of wicked deeds: יֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ Proverbs 4:17 (|| לָֽחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע; these are their food and drink), compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7, but Proverbs 26:6 apparently = suffers violence (compare De Toy).
†2. late, = feast Esther 3:15; Esther 7:1 (compare מִשְׁתֶּה).
†Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁתֶה Leviticus 11:34 (P) all which is (may be) drunk, with ב of vessel. — נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה Proverbs 27:15 see I. שׁוה near the end For cause, give, to drink see שׁקה.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8355.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:21; 9:21; 24:14; 24:14; 24:19; 24:19; 24:22; 24:46; 27:25; 30:38; 43:34; 44:5; 44:5

Exodus

7:18; 7:21; 7:24; 7:24; 15:23; 15:24; 17:6; 34:28; 34:28

Leviticus

11:34

Numbers

20:5; 20:11; 20:11; 20:19; 23:24; 33:14

Deuteronomy

32:38

Judges

13:4; 13:7; 13:14; 13:14; 15:19

Ruth

2:9

1 Samuel

1:9; 1:15; 30:12

2 Samuel

12:3

1 Kings

13:18; 13:22; 13:33; 17:4; 17:6; 19:8

2 Kings

18:27

1 Chronicles

11:19

Nehemiah

8:10

Esther

3:15; 7:1

Job

6:4; 6:4; 15:16; 21:20; 21:20; 34:7

Psalms

50:13; 69:13; 75:9; 78:44; 110:7

Proverbs

4:17; 5:15; 9:5; 26:6; 27:15; 31:4; 31:4

Ecclesiastes

2:24

Song of Songs

5:1

Isaiah

5:22; 21:5; 22:13; 29:8; 36:12; 51:17; 51:17; 51:22; 51:22; 62:8; 62:9

Jeremiah

25:16; 25:26; 25:27; 25:28; 35:8; 35:14; 49:12; 51:7

Ezekiel

4:11; 4:16; 23:32; 23:34; 25:4; 31:14; 31:16; 34:18; 34:19; 39:17; 39:18; 39:19

Joel

1:5

Amos

2:8; 4:8; 5:11; 6:6

Obadiah

1:16

Jonah

3:7

Habakkuk

2:16

Zechariah

9:15

H8354

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Strong's Number H8354 matches the Hebrew שָׁתָה (šāṯâ),
which occurs 217 times in 193 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Jdg 13:14–1Ch 12:39)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink H8354 wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, H8354 his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, H8354 and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - And they sat down, and did eat and drink H8354 both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21 - So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink H8354 of that which the young men have drawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:3 - Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:7 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, H8354 and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. H8354 Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk H8354 neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 - And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk H8354 any water, three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, H8354 and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, H8354 and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - And when David had called him, he did eat and drink H8354 before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank H8354 of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? H8354 can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink H8354 thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink H8354 it. These things did these three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink H8354 before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, H8354 and making merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:8 - And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink H8354 water in this place:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:9 - For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink H8354 water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:16 - And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink H8354 water with thee in this place:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:17 - For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink H8354 water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink H8354 water. But he lied unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:19 - So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank H8354 water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk H8354 water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink H8354 no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:23 - And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, H8354 that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking H8354 himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - And it shall be, that thou shalt drink H8354 of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:6 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank H8354 of the brook.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; H8354 for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. H8354 And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:6 - And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, H8354 and laid him down again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:8 - And he arose, and did eat and drink, H8354 and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, H8354 he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 - And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking H8354 himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, H8354 both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, H8354 and go to their master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, H8354 he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, H8354 and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, H8354 and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink H8354 their own piss with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink H8354 ye every one the waters of his cistern:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - I have digged and drunk H8354 strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink H8354 of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink H8354 the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink H8354 it. These things did these three mightiest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: H8354 for their brethren had prepared for them.

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