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Lexicon :: Strong's G4608 - sikera

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σίκερα
Transliteration
sikera (Key)
Pronunciation
sik'-er-ah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin שֵׁכָר (H7941)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
15x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

σίκερα síkera, sik'-er-ah; of Hebrew origin (H7941); an intoxicant, i.e. intensely fermented liquor:—strong drink.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4608 in the following manner: strong drink (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4608 in the following manner: strong drink (1x).

  1. strong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine; it was a artificial product, made of a mixture of sweet ingredients, whether derived from grain and vegetables, or from the juice of fruits (dates), or a decoction of honey

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σίκερα síkera, sik'-er-ah; of Hebrew origin (H7941); an intoxicant, i.e. intensely fermented liquor:—strong drink.
STRONGS G4608:
σίκερα, τό (Hebrew שֵׁכָר (rather, according to Kautzsch (Gram., p. 11) for שִׁכְרָא (properly, σικρα) the stative emphatic of שְׁכַר (literally, 'intoxicating' drink))), indeclinable (Winers Grammar, 68 (66); Buttmann, 24 (21)) (yet Eusebius, praep. evang. 6, 10, 8 has a genitive σικερος (and Sophocles in his Lex. quotes from Cyrill. Alex. 1, 1041 d. (edited by Migne) a genitive σικερατος), strong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine (except in Numbers 28:7 (cf. Isaiah 28:7)); it was a factitious product, made of a mixture of sweet ingredients, whether derived from grain and vegetables, or from the juice of fruits (dates), or a decoction of honey: Luke 1:15 (Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; Deuteronomy 14:25 (Deuteronomy 14:26); Deuteronomy 29:6, etc.; the same Hebrew word is rendered also by μέθυσμα, Judges 13:4, 7, 14; Micah 2:11). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Wein, künstlicher; (B. D., under the word ).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
10:9
Numbers
6:3; 28:7
Deuteronomy
14:25; 14:26; 29:6
Judges
13:4; 13:7; 13:14
Isaiah
28:7
Micah
2:11
Luke
1:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4608 matches the Greek σίκερα (sikera),
which occurs 15 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - they must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7 - The accompanying drink offering is to be a quarter of a hin of fermented drink with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the LORD at the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6 - You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - But he said to me, ‘You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of 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 must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Be stunned and amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not from wine, stagger, but not from beer.
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