Word

שֵׁכָר

shêkâr · H7941 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences

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A word for 2 things

VineDomestic trees and shrubs418 verses
Strong drink, beerFood and Drink24 verses

Meanings

date-wine

An alcoholic liquid made from dates by fermentation, used as a beverage but to be avoided by Nazirites and by priests on duty, and associated with joy and well-being but also with drunkenness and foolishness

Examples
Leviticus 10:9 “Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die—it is a permanent statute throughout your generations—
Deuteronomy 14:26 “And you may spend the money on whatever your heart desires: on oxen, sheep, wine, other strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.
Judges 13:4 “And now, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מָרַרto be bitter, to make bitter 1

What is done to itIt is the object

10 occurrences in 5 groups

שָׁתָהto drink 6
מָסַךְto mix 1
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
סָבָאto drink in excess 1
רָדַףto pursue, to chase 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הָמָהto moan 1
אַיwhere? 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 5
מִןfrom 4
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

חֹמֶץsour wine 1
נֶסֶךְdrink offering 1
שָׁתָהto drink 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

חֶמֶר chemer · H2561 · (fermenting) wine: Both denote kinds of alcoholic drink, wine and strong drink, overlapping as terms for intoxicating beverages.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Liquids001002005007: The noun for strong drink, listed alongside wine as something abstained from in the sanctuary and Nazirite regulations (Leviticus 10:9, Numbers 6:3) and poured out as a drink offering (Numbers 28:7); the sampled citation at Deuteronomy 29:5 does not itself show the word, describing instead unworn clothes and sandals.
Wine001003001003005: The same noun for strong wine or fermented drink, permitted as part of the festival meal "in the presence of the LORD" (Deuteronomy 14:26) alongside ordinary wine.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁכַר shâkar · H7937 · to become drunk, to make a drunken spectacle of oneself · 19×שֵׁכָרshêkâr · H7941שִׁכּוֹר shikkôwr · H7910 · drunk · 13×שִׁכָּרוֹן shikkârôwn · H7943 · drunkenness · 3×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7941. shekar שֵׁכָר noun [masculine] intoxioating drink, strong drink (BaNB § 71); —…

H7941. shekar
שֵׁכָר noun [masculine] intoxioating drink, strong drink (BaNB § 71); — always ׳שׁ absolute; usually || וַיִן (except Psa 69:13): Isa 29:8; usually condemned, Isa 5:11, Isa 5:22; Isa 28:7 (3 t. in verse); Isa 56:12 (שׁ ׳נִסְבְּאָה), Mic 2:11; 1Sa 1:15; Pro 20:1; forbidden to priests on duty Lev 10:9 (P); not for princes Pro 31:4; nor Nazirite Num 6:3; Jdg 13:4, Jdg 13:7, Jdg 13:14, compare שׁ ׳חֹמֶץ Num 6:3; שׁ ׳שׁוֺתֵי Psa 69:13 drunkards; but ׳שׁ as common drink Deu 29:5 (opposed to miraculous), allowable in sacrificial meal Deu 14:26, commended for weak and weary Pro 31:4; שׁ ׳נֶסֶךְ Num 28:7(P; for יַיִן Num 28:14); see further KennedyEncy. Bib. iv. 5309 f. — On form compare LagM ii. 357; BN 51.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Liquids23 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0