Strong drink
שֵׁכָרStrong’s H7941shekhar (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:”
Meaning
- 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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 6:3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
- Numbers 28:7And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
- Deuteronomy 14:26And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
- Deuteronomy 29:6Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
- Judges 13:4Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
- Judges 13:7But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
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.