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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 2 / 4 (Jdg 13:14–1Ch 12:39)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - “She shall not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink H8354 wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; she shall keep all that I commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank H8354, his [fn]strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it [fn]En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - His father-in-law, the girl’s father, prevailed upon him, and he remained with him for three days. So they ate and drank H8354 and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - So both of them sat down and ate and drank H8354 together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please [fn]be so kind as to spend the night, and let your heart be cheerful.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21 - So he took him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet and ate and drank H8354.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - “Keep your eyes on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have ordered the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the [fn]water jars and drink H8354 from what the servants draw.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:3 - “Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not reveal yourself to the man until he has finished eating and drinking H8354.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:7 - When Boaz had eaten and drunk H8354 and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and uncovered his feet and lay down.

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Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking H8354 in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the [fn]temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I am a woman [fn]despairing in spirit; I have drunk H8354 neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 - They also gave him a slice of fig cake and two cakes of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit [fn]revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk H8354 water for three days and three nights.

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Now when he had brought him down, behold, they were dispersed over all the land, eating and drinking H8354 and celebrating because of all the great plunder that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in [fn]temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Should I then go to my house to eat and drink H8354 and to sleep with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David summoned [fn]Uriah, and he ate and drank H8354 in his presence, and he made [fn]Uriah drunk; and in the evening Uriah went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s servants, and he still did not go down to his house.

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“But the poor man had nothing at all except one little ewe lamb

Which he bought and nurtured;

And it grew up together with him and his children.

It would eat [fn]scraps from him and drink H8354 from his cup and lie [fn]in his lap,

And was like a daughter to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - And the king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” And Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is weary in the wilderness to drink H8354.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - “I am [fn]now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink H8354? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singing? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three mighty men forced their way into the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. Yet he would not drink H8354 it, but poured it out as an offering to the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - and he said, “Far be it from me, LORD, that I would do this! Should I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he would not drink H8354 it. These things the three mighty men did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - “For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fattened steers and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking H8354 in his presence; and they say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the [fn]seashore in abundance; they were eating, drinking H8354, and rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:8 - But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink H8354 water in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:9 - “For so [fn]it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink H8354 water, nor return by the way that you came.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:16 - But he said, “I cannot return with you, nor come with you, nor will I eat bread or drink H8354 water with you in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:17 - “For a [fn]command came to me by the word of the LORD: ‘You shall not eat bread, nor drink H8354 water there; do not return by going the way that you came.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - Then he said to him, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink H8354 water.’” But he lied to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:19 - So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank H8354 water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - but have returned and eaten bread and drunk H8354 water in the place of which He said to you, “You are not to eat bread nor drink H8354 water”; your dead body will not come to the grave of your fathers.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:23 - It came about after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk H8354, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - And his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now [fn]Elah was in Tirzah drinking H8354 himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the household in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - “And it shall be that you will drink H8354 from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide food for you there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:6 - And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink H8354 from the brook.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a [fn]cup, so that I may drink H8354.”

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Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink H8354; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went up to eat and drink H8354. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bent down to the earth and put his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:6 - And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a round loaf of bread baked on hot coals, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank H8354, and lay down again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:8 - So he arose and ate and drank H8354, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - And when Ben-hadad heard this message, while he was drinking H8354 [fn]with the kings in the [fn]temporary shelters, he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

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They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking H8354 himself drunk in the [fn]temporary shelters [fn]with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - “For the LORD says this: ‘You will not see wind, nor will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you will drink H8354, you, your livestock, and your other animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - But he [fn]answered, “You shall not [fn]kill them. Would you [fn]kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set bread and water before them, so that they may eat and drink H8354, and go to their master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So he provided a large feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk H8354, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - When these men with leprosy came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank H8354, and carried from there silver, gold, and clothes, and they went and hid them; then they returned and entered another tent, and carried valuables from there also, and went and hid them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - When he came in, he ate and drank H8354; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink H8354 their own urine with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - ‘Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: “Make [fn]your peace with me and come out to me, and eat, each one, from his vine and each from his fig tree, and drink H8354, each one, the waters of his own cistern,

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“I dug wells and drank H8354 foreign waters,

And with the soles of my feet I dried up

All the streams of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; however, David would not drink H8354 it, but poured it out to the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and he said, “Far be it from me before my God that I would do this. Shall I drink H8354 the blood of these men who went [fn]at the risk of their lives? For they brought it at the risk of their lives.” Therefore he would not drink H8354 it. The three mighty men did these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking H8354, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.

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