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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 1 / 4 (Gen 9:21–Jdg 13:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath 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 down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30 - And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And 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 that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye 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, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water 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 - And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:19 - And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed thy border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 -
Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness,
And as a lion doth he lift himself up:
He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
And drink the blood of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:14 - And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:28 - Thou shalt 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 my feet;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:9 - When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6 - Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 -
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat;
And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 -
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink-offering?
Let them rise up and help you,
Let them be your protection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.

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