Definition
a primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
Traditional renderings: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248.)
Traditional renderings: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248.)
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁכַר:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
19 total
- Genesis 9:21וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר · he became drunkBut when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- Genesis 43:34וַֽיִּשְׁכְּר֖וּ · and drank freelyWhen the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
- Deuteronomy 32:42אַשְׁכִּ֤יר · drunkI will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
- 1 Samuel 1:14תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִ֑ין · will you be drunk…and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
- 2 Samuel 11:13וַֽיְשַׁכְּרֵ֑הוּ · and he got [Uriah] drunkThen David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
- Song of Solomon 5:1וְשִׁכְר֖וּ · drink freelyI have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
- Isaiah 29:9שָֽׁכְר֣וּ · be drunkStop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- Isaiah 49:26יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן · they will be drunkI will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Isaiah 51:21וּשְׁכֻרַ֖ת · drunkenTherefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
- Isaiah 63:6וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖ם · I made them drunkI trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”
- Jeremiah 25:27וְשִׁכְרוּ֙ · get drunk“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 48:26הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּ · Make him drunk“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- Jeremiah 51:7מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת · drunkBabylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Jeremiah 51:39וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙ · and I will make them drunkWhile they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:57וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי · drunkI will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Lamentations 4:21תִּשְׁכְּרִ֖י · you will get drunkSo rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- Nahum 3:11תִּשְׁכְּרִ֔י · will become drunkYou too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
- Habakkuk 2:15שַׁכֵּ֑ר · they are drunkWoe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
- Haggai 1:6לְשָׁכְרָ֔ה · have your fillYou have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”