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Strong drink

שֵׁכָרStrong’s H7941

shekhar (she-khar)

Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shekhar is the Hebrew word usually translated “strong drink”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

“Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:”
Leviticus 10:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor
How it's translated
  • strong drink 12
  • and strong drink 7
  • and for strong drink 1
  • and with strong drink 1
  • with strong drink 1
  • and of strong drink 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 6
  • Judges 3
  • Proverbs 3
  • Numbers 2
  • Deuteronomy 2
  • Leviticus 1

9 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שֵׁכָר shekhar · strong drink

strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.