שִׁכּוֹר
shikkôwr · shik-kore'
intoxicated, as astate or a habit
Lexicon
Derivation: or שִׁכֹּר; from H7937 (שָׁכַר);
intoxicated, as astate or a habit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁכּוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- himself drunk2 · 15%
- she had been drunken1 · 8%
- drunken1 · 8%
- like a drunken1 · 8%
- like a drunken man1 · 8%
- of a drunkard1 · 8%
- thereof, as a drunken1 · 8%
- like a drunkard1 · 8%
- to the drunkards1 · 8%
- the drunkards1 · 8%
- i am like a drunken1 · 8%
- ye drunkards1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.