Thing

Strong drink, beer

Human-made Things in the Bible

Beer was an intoxicating fermented drink made from grain. It was usually less strong (that is, had a lower alcholic content) than wine.

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

סֹבֶא sove’ · 3 verses
שֵׁכָר shekar · 20 verses
σίκερα sikera · 1 verse

Also in Food and Drink

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema