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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.
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; 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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 9:21–Jdg 13:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - “Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - ‘and she says to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,”—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - “And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30 - So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - And the rods which he had peeled, he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - Then he took servings to them from before him, but Benjamin’s serving was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:5 - ‘Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - “And the fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink the water of the river.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - The fish that were in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river. So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - So all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:24 - And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:11 - But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6 - Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - ‘in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - ‘he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - ‘and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - “And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - ‘Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King’s Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:19 - So the children of Israel said to him, “We will go by the Highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - “Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into fields or vineyards; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Look, a people rises like a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:14 - They moved from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - “You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:28 - ‘You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:9 - “When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - “And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - “but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - “You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6 - “You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or similar drink, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you,
And be your refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - So they went out into the fields, and gathered grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and made merry. And they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - “Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - “And He said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’ ”

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