שָׁקָה
shâqâh · shaw-kaw'
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקָה 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
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 52 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to drink14 · 24%
- drink10 · 17%
- butler5 · 8%
- and watered3 · 5%
- to water3 · 5%
- and they made2 · 3%
- and i will give2 · 3%
- and gave him drink2 · 3%
- oh that one would give me drink2 · 3%
- let us make1 · 2%
- let us make him drink1 · 2%
- and gave1 · 2%
- giving him drink1 · 2%
- to her, give me1 · 2%
- unto her, let me drink1 · 2%
- and she made1 · 2%
- they watered1 · 2%
- water1 · 2%
- then we water1 · 2%
- that the butler1 · 2%
- of the butlers1 · 2%
- the butler1 · 2%
- when thou wast his butler1 · 2%
- them, and watered1 · 2%
- for us, and watered1 · 2%
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.