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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 4 / 4 (Jer 25:16–Zec 9:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:16 - And they shall drink, H8354 and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink H8354 after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink H8354 ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, H8354 then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly H8354 drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:5 - And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink H8354 ye wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:6 - But they said, We will drink H8354 no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink H8354 no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:8 - Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink H8354 no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:14 - The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink H8354 wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink H8354 none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink H8354 of the cup have assuredly H8354 drunken; H8354 and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely H8354 drink H8354 of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken H8354 of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:4 - We have drunken H8354 our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:11 - Thou shalt drink H8354 also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink H8354 water by measure, and with astonishment:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:18 - Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink H8354 thy water with trembling and with carefulness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink H8354 their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink H8354 of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:34 - Thou shalt even drink H8354 it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink H8354 thy milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink H8354 water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink H8354 water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk H8354 of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:19 - And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink H8354 that which ye have fouled with your feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17 - And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink H8354 blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:18 - Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink H8354 the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:19 - And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink H8354 blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:21 - Neither shall any priest drink H8354 wine, when they enter into the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers H8354 of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink H8354 the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1 - Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink H8354 water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink H8354 wine of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 - That drink H8354 wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:14 - And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink H8354 the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:16 - For as ye have drunk H8354 upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink H8354 continually, yea, they shall drink, H8354 and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink H8354 water:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15 - Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink H8354 wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink H8354 thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:13 - Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink H8354 the wine thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, H8354 but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:6 - And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, H8354 did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink H8354 for yourselves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:15 - The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, H8354 and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

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