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Strong's #7937 - שָׁכַר

Transliteration

shâkar

Phonetics

shaw-kar'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2388

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated
1. (Qal) to become drunken
2. 1b)(Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk
3. (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk
4. (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3182 ‑ μεθύσκω (meth‑oos'‑ko); 3178 ‑ μέθη (meth'‑ay); 3184 ‑ μεθύω (meth‑oo'‑o); 3182 ‑ μεθύσκω (meth‑oos'‑ko);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (18)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

BSB (19)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

CSB (18)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

ESV (18)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

KJV (19)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

LEB (19)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

LSB (36)

Genesis 4

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 2

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Nahum 2

Habakkuk 2

Haggai 2

N95 (33)

Genesis 4

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 2

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 2

Nahum 2

Habakkuk 2

Haggai 2

NAS (37)

Genesis 4

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 2

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 2

Nahum 2

Habakkuk 2

Haggai 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (19)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

ASV (18)

and drunken 1

and i will make drunk 1

and i will make them drunken 1

and made them drunk 1

and makest him drunken 1

and they shall be drunken 1

and was drunken 1

but ye are not filled with drink 1

drunk 1

drunken 1

him; and he made him drunk 1

make ye him drunken 1

they are drunken 1

thou also shalt be drunken 1

through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken 1

unto her, how long wilt thou be drunken 1

ye, and be drunken 1

yea, drink abundantly 1

BSB (19)

and drank freely 1

and he got uriah drunk 1

and i will make them drunk 1

be drunk 1

drink freely 1

drunk 3

drunken 1

get drunk 1

have your fill 1

he became drunk 1

i made them drunk 1

make him drunk 1

they are drunk 1

they will be drunk 1

will become drunk 1

will you be drunk 1

you will get drunk 1

CSB (18)

be intoxicated 1

become drunk 1

drunk 11

drunken 1

intoxicated 1

make them drunk 1

them drunk 1

will become drunk 1

ESV (18)

became drunk 1

drunk 12

drunken 3

fill 1

merry 1

KJV (19)

abundantly 1

drink 1

drunk 4

drunken 12

merry 1

LEB (19)

and became drunk 2

and become drunk 2

and drunken one 1

and i made 1

and i will make drunk 1

and i will make them drunk 1

and they shall be drunk with 1

being satiated⌋ 1

i will make 1

in his presence ⌊so that he became drunk⌋ 1

make 1

making drunk 1

making them drunk 1

they are drunk 1

will behave like a drunkard 1

will you behave like someone who is drunk 1

you will become drunk 1

LSB (36)

be 1

became 1

become 5

deeply 1

drank 1

drunk 16

freely 1

imbibe 1

intoxicating 1

made 2

make 6

N95 (33)

became 1

become 5

deeply 1

drank 1

drunk 16

freely 1

imbibe 1

intoxicating 1

made 1

make 5

NAS (37)

a 1

be 1

became 1

become 5

behave 1

deeply 1

drink 1

drunk 16

freely 1

intoxicating 1

like 1

made 2

make 5

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (19)

and be drunk 1

and drunken 1

and got drunk 1

and i will make them drunken 1

and made them drunk 1

and they shall be drunken 1

and were merry with him 1

drunk 1

drunken 1

i will make drunk 1

make him drunken 1

they are drunken 1

until they are drunk 1

you also will be drunken 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2839) r k s (סהכר ShKR) AC: Drunk CO: Liquor AB: Drunkenness

V) r k s (סהכר ShKR) - Drunk: To be filled with intoxicating drink. KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) drunk, filled, abundantly, merry - Strongs: H7937 (שָׁכַר)

N^m) r k s (סהכר ShKR) - Liquor: An intoxicating drink. KJV (23): drink, wine - Strongs: H7941 (שֵׁכָר)

ec^m) r f k i s (סהיכור ShYKWR) - Drunkard: One who is filled with intoxicating drink. KJV (13): drunken, drunkard, drunk - Strongs: H7910 (שִׁכֹּר)

ej^m) n f r k i s (סהיכרונ ShYKRWN) - Drunkenness: KJV (3): drunkenness, drunken - Strongs: H7943 (שִׁכָּרוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [שָׁכַר] verb be, or beocme, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew id., derived species and derivatives; Sirach 40:18; Sirach 40:20 שכר strong drink; Arabic

be drunken, also be full,

fill; Assyrian šikaru; = שֵׁכָר, šikaru, drunken, perhaps also verb šakâru; Ethiopic

: Aramaic שִׁכְרָא,

= שְׁכָר, especially date-wine (Löw p. 125), compare

be drunken, usually (derived species) defile, deform, etc.; from שֵׁכָר, Egyptian t-av-k-±ra WMM^As.u.Eur.102, Greek σίκερα, Lewy^{Fremdw. 81}); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁכְרוּ Isaiah 29:9; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר Genesis 9:21,3masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Isaiah 49:26, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּ Jeremiah 25:27; Song of Solomon 5:1; Infinitive construct לְשָׁכְרָה Haggai 1:6; Passive participle שְׁכֻרַת Isaiah 51:21 (Ges^{§ 130b} Lag^{BN 60}); — become drunken Genesis 9:21 (J), of social drinking Genesis 43:34 (J), Song of Solomon 5:1, token of plenty Haggai 1:6; figurative of nations staggering helplessly under calamity Jeremiah 25:27; Jeremiah 51:21(וְלֹא מִיָּ֑יִן), of Nahum 3:11; of infatuation Isaiah 29:9 (וְלֹא יַיִן), of disgrace Lamentations 4:21, self-destruction, ׳כֶּעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשׁ Isaiah 49:26.

Pi`el make drunken: Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 Samuel 11:13, literal; figurative 1 singular (suffix of people) וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read ׳וָ) Isaiah 63:6 (subject ׳י) I made them drunk in my wrath (but MSS Ges Hi Ew Che Kit Marti and others וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵם I brake them in pieces); Participle feminine singular, of Babylonian, מְשַׁכֶּרֶת בָּלהָֿרֶץ Jeremiah 51:7; compare Infinitive abs. שַׁכֵּר Habakkuk 2:15 (i. e. terrorizing nations; read probably ׳הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ We Now).

Hiph`il id.: Perfect 1 singular וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:27 (subject ׳י) i.e. make princes helpless, וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים Jeremiah 51:39; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and disgraced Jeremiah 48:26; Imperfect 1 singular אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּם Deuteronomy 32:42. — Ruben^{JQ xi (1889), 446} proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֺת Hosea 7:5 for משׁך ידו את.

Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 Samuel 1:14 how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ?

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁכַר fut. יִשְׁכַּר; Arab. سَكِرَ

(1) to drink to the full (i.q. רָוָה), Hagg. 1:6 to drink to hilarity, Song of Solomon 5:1; Genesis 43:34. It is very often

(2) to make oneself drunken, Genesis 9:21 followed by an acc. of the drink, Isaiah 29:9, 49:26 followed by מִן Isaiah 51:21. Metaph. in the prophets the wicked are said to be drunken, since they rush, by a kind of madness, upon their own destruction, Isaiah 29:9, 51:21 Lamentations 4:21; Nahum 3:11. Compare כּוֹם, תַּרְעֵלָה. Part. pass. שְׁכוּרָה drunken, Isaiah 51:21.

Piel, to make drunken, 2 Samuel 11:13 metaph. (see Kal), Jeremiah 51:7; Isaiah 63:6.

Hiphil, id., to make drunken

(a) arrows with blood, Deuteronomy 32:42.

(b) nations (see Kal and Piel), Jeremiah 51:57.

Hithpael, to act as one drunk, 1 Samuel 1:14.

Derivatives, שֵׁכָר-שִׁכְרוֹן, שִׁכּוֹר.

II. שָׁכַר (kindred to שָׂכַר) to hire, to reward, see אֶשְׁכָּר.

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List of Word Forms

אַשְׁכִּ֤יר אשכיר הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּ השכירהו וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙ וְשִׁכְר֖וּ וְשִׁכְרוּ֙ וַֽיְשַׁכְּרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיִּשְׁכְּר֖וּ וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖ם וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר וּשְׁכֻרַ֖ת ואשכרם והשכרתי והשכרתים וישכר וישכרהו וישכרו ושכרו ושכרת יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן ישכרון לְשָׁכְרָ֔ה לשכרה מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת משכרת שַׁכֵּ֑ר שָֽׁכְר֣וּ שכר שכרו תִּשְׁכְּרִ֔י תִּשְׁכְּרִ֖י תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִ֑ין תשכרי תשתכרין ’aš·kîr ’aškîr ashKir haš·kî·ru·hū hashkiRuhu haškîruhū lə·šā·ḵə·rāh ləšāḵərāh leshacheRah mə·šak·ke·reṯ məšakkereṯ meshakKeret šā·ḵə·rū šak·kêr šāḵərū šakkêr shacheRu shakKer tiš·kə·rî tiš·tak·kā·rîn tishkeRi tishtakkaRin tiškərî tištakkārîn ū·šə·ḵu·raṯ ūšəḵuraṯ ushechuRat vaashakkeRem vaiyishKar vaiyishkeRu vayshakkeRehu Vehishkarti vehishkarTim veshichRu wa’ăšakkərêm wa·’ă·šak·kə·rêm way·šak·kə·rê·hū way·yiš·kār way·yiš·kə·rū wayšakkərêhū wayyiškār wayyiškərū wə·hiš·kar·tî wə·hiš·kar·tîm wə·šiḵ·rū wəhiškartî wəhiškartîm wəšiḵrū yiš·kā·rūn yishkaRun yiškārūn