שְׁתָה
shᵉthâh · sheth-aw'
{to imbibe (literally or figuratively)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H8354 (שָׁתָה)
{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: drink.
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 שְׁתָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and drank1 · 20%
- might drink1 · 20%
- drank1 · 20%
- they drank1 · 20%
- have drunk1 · 20%
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.