Quick Definition
dreg
Strong's Definition
something preserved, i.e. the settlings (plural only) of wine
Derivation: from H8104 (שָׁמַר);
KJV Usage: dregs, (wines on the) lees.
TWOT Reference: 2415a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) lees, dregs
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫מֶר (she.mer) — dreg. lees, dregs
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁמר
Liquids | Wine
dregs = sediments of wine left in a container; ≈ the image of wine resting on its dregs is often used to denote an attitude of complacency
name
Names of People
Shemer = man; ► former owner of the hill on which Samaria was built; time of Omri
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שֶׁ֫מֶר] n.m. only pl. lees, dregs base