Hebrew

Drink

שִׁקֻּוStrong’s H8250

shiqquv (shiq-quv)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shiqquv is the Hebrew word usually translated “refreshment” and “drinks my”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”

Proverbs 3:8 KJV

Meaning

Drink, refreshment

How it's translated

and refreshment 1
and drinks my 1

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

Where it's used most

Proverbs 1
Hosea 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Hosea 2:5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

Hebrew dictionary

שִׁקֻּו shiqquv · drink

drink, refreshment Another spelling of shiq.quy (שִׁקּוּי "drink" H8250)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “drink” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DRINK, verb intransitive

preterit tense and participle passive drank. Old preterit tense And participle passive drunk; participle passive Drunken. [G. drink and drench are radically the same word, and probably drown. We observe that n is not radical.]

To swallow liquor, for quenching thirst or other purpose; as, to drink of the brook.“Ye shall indeed drink of my cup” Matthew 20:23
To take spirituous liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the use of spirituous liquors; to be a habitual drunkard.
To feast; to be entertained with liquors.
To salute in drinking; to invite to drink by drinking first; as, I drink to you grace.

All definitions and other forms of “drink”

To wish well to, in the act of taking the cup.

DRINK, verb transitive

To swallow, as liquids; to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; as, to drink water or wine.
To suck in; to absorb; to imbibe.
To take in by any inlet; to hear; to see; as, to drink words or the voice.
To take in air; to inhale.

DRINK, noun

Liquor to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach, for quenching thirst, or for medicinal purposes; as water, wine, beer, cider, decoctions, etc.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

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