שָׁכַר
shâkar · shaw-kar'
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
- to become tipsy
- in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)
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
- 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 › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁכַר 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and was drunken1 · 5%
- and were merry1 · 5%
- drunk1 · 5%
- unto her, how long wilt thou be drunken1 · 5%
- him; and he made him drunk1 · 5%
- yea, drink abundantly1 · 5%
- they are drunken1 · 5%
- and they shall be drunken1 · 5%
- and drunken1 · 5%
- and make them drunk1 · 5%
- ye, and be drunken1 · 5%
- make ye him drunken1 · 5%
- drunken1 · 5%
- and i will make them drunken1 · 5%
- and i will make drunk1 · 5%
- through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken1 · 5%
- thou also shalt be drunken1 · 5%
- to him, and makest him drunken1 · 5%
- but ye are not filled with drink1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
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.