Quick Definition
be drunk
Strong's Definition
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)
TWOT Reference: 2388
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁכַר (sha.khar) — be drunk. 1) to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated 1a) (Qal) to become drunken 1b)(Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk 1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שִׁכֹּור · שֵׁכָר · שָׁכֻר · שִׁכָּרֹון
Ingest | verb qal | ≈ אכל · נוע
to become drunk = process by which humans become intoxicated ◄ as a result of having too much alcohol
GEN 9:21 · GEN 43:34 · SNG 5:1 · ISA 29:9 · ISA 49:26 · JER 25:27 · LAM 4:21 · NAM 3:11 · HAG 1:6
Ingest | verb hit
to make a drunken spectacle of oneself = action by which humans are intoxicated ◄ as a result of having had too much alcohol ► and act accordingly
Ingest | verb pi, verb hif
to make drunk = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to be intoxicated ◄ by making them drink too much alcohol; ≈ associated with large quantities and sometimes extended to inanimate objects
DEU 32:42 · 2SA 11:13 · ISA 63:6 · JER 48:26 · JER 51:7 · JER 51:39 · JER 51:57 · HAB 2:15
1 ISA 63:6 MT HOTTP-B RSV NIV NJPS CEV | NJB REB NRSV GNT שׁבר
adj · שׁכר
Ingest
drunk = pertaining to being intoxicated ◄ as a result of having had too much alcohol; ≈ associated with large quantities
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁכַר] vb. be, or become, drunk, drunken Qal become drunken
Pi. make drunken
Hiph. id.: i.e. make princes helpless
Hithp. how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle]?
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