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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
Dictionary Aids

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

Page 3 / 4 (1Ch 29:22–Jer 22:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - So they ate and drank H8354 that day before the LORD with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and they anointed him as ruler for the LORD and Zadok as priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink H8354 water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink H8354 of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - All the people went away to eat, to drink, H8354 to send portions and to [fn]celebrate a great festival, because they understood the words which had been made known to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out impelled by the king’s command while the decree was [fn]issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, H8354 the city of Susa was in confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink H8354 for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1 - Now the king and Haman came to drink H8354 wine with Esther the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink H8354 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 - Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking H8354 wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:18 - While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking H8354 wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
[fn]Their poison my spirit drinks; H8354
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks H8354 iniquity like water!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 - “Let his own eyes see his decay,
And let him drink H8354 of the wrath of [fn]the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:7 - “What man is like Job,
Who drinks H8354 up derision like water,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:13 - “Shall I eat the flesh of [fn]bulls
Or drink H8354 the blood of male goats?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12 - Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the [fn]song of the drunkards. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams;
It is [fn]well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink H8354 down H8354 its dregs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - And turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, they could not drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:7 - He will drink H8354 from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink H8354 the wine of violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 - Drink H8354 water from your own cistern
And [fn]fresh water from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:5 - “Come, eat of my food
And drink H8354 of the wine I have mixed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7 - For as he [fn]thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!” H8354
But his heart is not with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He cuts off his own feet and drinks H8354 violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire strong drink, H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - For they will drink H8354 and forget what is decreed,
And pervert the [fn]rights of all the [fn]afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 - Let him drink H8354 and forget his poverty
And remember his trouble no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink H8354 and [fn]tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - moreover, that every man who eats and drinks H8354 sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Here is what I have seen to be good and [fn]fitting: to eat, to drink H8354 and [fn]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few [fn]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [fn]reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink H8354 and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his [fn]toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink H8354 your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - “[fn]I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb [fn]and my honey;
I have drunk H8354 my wine [fn]and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink H8354 and [fn]imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe to those who are heroes in drinking H8354 wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5 - They set the table, they [fn]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; H8354
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 - Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking H8354 of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, H8354 for tomorrow we may die.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - They do not drink H8354 wine with song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink H8354 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be as when a hungry man dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his [fn]hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty man dreams—
And behold, he is drinking, H8354
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his [fn]thirst is not quenched.
Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:12 - But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not 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 BoxIsa 36:16 - ‘Do not listen to Hezekiah,’ for thus says the king of Assyria, ‘[fn]Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink H8354 each of the waters of his own cistern,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25 - ‘I dug wells and drank H8354 waters,
And with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the rivers of [fn]Egypt.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The man shapes iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [fn]fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and [fn]his strength fails; he drinks H8354 no water and becomes weary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk H8354 from the LORD’S hand the cup of His anger;
The [fn]chalice of reeling you have [fn]drained to the dregs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God
Who contends for His people,
“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling,
The [fn]chalice of My anger;
You will never drink H8354 it again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,
“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;
Nor will [fn]foreigners drink H8354 your new wine for which you have labored.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9 - But those who garner it will eat it and praise the LORD;
And those who gather it will drink H8354 it in the courts of My sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.
Behold, My servants will drink, H8354 but you will be thirsty.
Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18 - “But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,
To drink H8354 the waters of the [fn]Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink H8354 the waters of the [fn]Euphrates?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - “Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.” H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink H8354
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.

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