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Lexicon :: Strong's H7941 - šēḵār

Aa
שֵׁכָר
Transliteration
šēḵār
Pronunciation
shay-kawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2388a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁכָר shêkâr, shay-kawr'; from H7937; an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor:—strong drink, drunkard, strong wine.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H7941 in the following manner: strong drink (21x), strong wine (1x), drunkard (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H7941 in the following manner: strong drink (21x), strong wine (1x), drunkard (1x).

  1. strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁכָר shêkâr, shay-kawr'; from H7937; an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor:—strong drink, drunkard, strong wine.
STRONGS H7941: Abbreviations
† שֵׁכָר noun [masculine] intoxicating drink, strong drink (BaNB § 71); — always שׁ׳ absolute; usually || וַיִן (except Psalm 69:13): Isaiah 29:8; usually condemned, Isaiah 5:11, 22; Isaiah 28:7 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 56:12 (נִסְבְּאָה שׁ׳), Micah 2:11; 1 Samuel 1:15; Proverbs 20:1; forbidden to priests on duty Leviticus 10:9 (P); not for princes Proverbs 31:4; nor Nazirite Numbers 6:3; Judges 13:4, 7, 14, compare חֹמֶץ שׁ׳ Numbers 6:3; שׁוֺתֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 69:13 drunkards; but שׁ׳ as common drink Deuteronomy 29:5 (opposed to miraculous), allowable in sacrificial meal Deuteronomy 14:26, commended for weak and weary Proverbs 31:4; נֶסֶךְ שׁ׳ Numbers 28:7(P; for יַיִן Numbers 28:14); see further KennedyEncy. Bib. iv. 5309 f. — On form compare LagM ii. 357; BN 51.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

10:9

Numbers

6:3; 6:3; 28:7; 28:14

Deuteronomy

14:26; 29:5

Judges

13:4; 13:7; 13:14

1 Samuel

1:15

Psalms

69:13; 69:13

Proverbs

20:1; 31:4; 31:4

Isaiah

5:11; 5:22; 28:7; 29:8; 56:12

Micah

2:11

H7941

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7941 matches the Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār),
which occurs 23 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - He is to keep himself from wine and strong drink, and take no mixed wine or strong drink or any drink made from grapes, or any grapes, green or dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7 - And for its drink offering take the fourth part of a hin for one lamb: in the holy place let the wine be drained out for a drink offering for the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6 - You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12 - I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1 - Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:6 - Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:12 - Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11 - If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.
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