שֵׁכָר
shêkâr · shay-kawr'
an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7937 (שָׁכַר);
an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: strong drink, [phrase] drunkard, strong wine.
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 שֵׁכָר 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- strong drink6 · 26%
- nor strong drink3 · 13%
- or strong drink2 · 9%
- through strong drink2 · 9%
- and strong drink1 · 4%
- of strong drink1 · 4%
- place shalt thou cause the strong wine1 · 4%
- or for strong drink1 · 4%
- and now drink1 · 4%
- of the drunkards1 · 4%
- and through strong drink1 · 4%
- but not with strong drink1 · 4%
- ourselves with strong drink1 · 4%
- and of strong drink1 · 4%
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.