שָׁתָה
shâthâh · shaw-thaw'
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive 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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁתָה 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
217 occurrences · 217 OT · 0 NT · 158 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and drink41 · 28%
- to drink17 · 12%
- drink13 · 9%
- nor drink10 · 7%
- and to drink8 · 6%
- and drinking7 · 5%
- not drink7 · 5%
- and drunk5 · 3%
- and they shall drink4 · 3%
- may drink3 · 2%
- and he drank3 · 2%
- and drank3 · 2%
- drinking3 · 2%
- shall drink3 · 2%
- all that drink2 · 1%
- that i may drink2 · 1%
- and they drink2 · 1%
- that ye may drink2 · 1%
- thou shalt drink2 · 1%
- i have drunk2 · 1%
- and drinketh2 · 1%
- any of theirs. and they drank1 · 1%
- also: so i drank1 · 1%
- to me, both drink1 · 1%
- i pray thee, that i may drink1 · 1%
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.