Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB95

NASB95

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H8248 - šāqâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
שָׁקָה
Transliteration
šāqâ
Pronunciation
shaw-kaw'
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:6 - But a [fn]mist used to rise from the earth and water H8248 the whole [fn]surface of the ground.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - Now a river [fn]flowed out of Eden to water H8248 the garden; and from there it divided and became four [fn]rivers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - “Come, let us make our father drink H8248 wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve [fn]our family through our father.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So they made their father drink H8248 wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink H8248 wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve [fn]our family through our father.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So they made their father drink H8248 wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the [fn]skin with water and gave H8248 the lad a drink. H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and [fn]who answers, ‘Drink, and I will water H8248 your camels also’—may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - She said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave H8248 him a drink. H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - Now when she had finished giving H8248 him a drink, H8248 she said, “I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I am standing by the [fn]spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, “Please let me drink H8248 a little water from your jar”;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will water H8248 your camels also’; so I drank, and she watered H8248 the camels also.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He looked, and [fn]saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they watered H8248 the flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - When all the flocks were gathered there, they would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water H8248 the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - He said, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water H8248 the sheep, and go, pasture them.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - But they said, “We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water H8248 the sheep.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered H8248 the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water H8248 their father’s flock.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered H8248 their flock.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:19 - So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered H8248 the flock.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - He took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink H8248 it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - ‘Then he shall make the woman drink H8248 the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her [fn]and cause bitterness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:26 - and the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial offering and offer it up in smoke on the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink H8248 the water.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made her drink H8248 the water, then it shall come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her [fn]and cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will [fn]waste away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - “Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink.” H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - “For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water H8248 it with your [fn]foot like a vegetable garden.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - He said to her, “Please give H8248 me a little water to drink, H8248 for I am thirsty.” So she opened a [fn]bottle of milk and gave H8248 him a drink; H8248 then she covered him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:11 - Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided H8248 him water to drink. H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give H8248 me water to drink H8248 from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give H8248 me water to drink H8248 from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men who were designated by name arose, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave H8248 them drink, H8248 anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - Drinks H8248 were served H8248 in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king’s [fn]bounty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - His [fn]sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist, H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - “To the weary you have given H8248 no water to drink, H8248
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 - They drink H8248 their fill of the [fn]abundance of Your house;
And You give H8248 them to drink of the river of Your delights.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:3 - You have [fn]made Your people experience hardship;
You have given H8248 us [fn]wine to drink H8248 that makes us stagger.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 - They also gave me [fn]gall [fn]for my food
And for my thirst they gave H8248 me vinegar to drink. H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave H8248 them abundant drink H8248 like the ocean depths.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And You have made H8248 them to drink H8248 tears in [fn]large measure.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - They give H8248 drink H8248 to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:13 - [fn]He waters H8248 the mountains from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If [fn]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give H8248 him water to drink; H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate H8248 a forest of growing trees.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 - “I would lead you and bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give H8248 you spiced wine to drink H8248 from the juice of my pomegranates.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:3 - “I, the LORD, am its keeper;
I water H8248 it every moment.
So that no one will [fn]damage it,
I guard it night and day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - “The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give H8248 drink H8248 to My chosen people.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - Why are we sitting still?
Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities
And let us perish there,
Because the LORD our God has doomed us
And given H8248 us poisoned water to drink, H8248
For we have sinned against the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give H8248 them poisoned water to drink. H8248

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - “Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give H8248 them a cup of consolation to drink H8248 for anyone’s father or mother.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Gen 2:6–Jer 16:7) Gen 2:6–Jer 16:7

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jer 23:15–Hab 2:15

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB95
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB95
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan