Word Study · Strong's H7910 · Hebrew
שִׁכּוֹר
shikkor
shik-kore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shikkôwr
“intoxicated, as astate or a habit”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
intoxicated, as astate or a habit
Rendered in the KJV as
drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- שִׁכּ֔וֹר2
- כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר1
- כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹר1
- כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃1
- לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃1
- שִׁכּ֜וֹר1
- שִׁכּ֑וֹר1
- שִׁכּ֖וֹר1
- שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י1
- שִׁכּוֹרִים֙1
- שִׁכֹּ֖ר1
- שִׁכֹּרֵ֣י1
How it is rendered · 7
- drunken3
- like the drunkard3
- [the] drunkards of2
- a drunkard2
- [was] drunk1
- O drunkards1
- to a drunken [woman]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- adjective · masculine singular6
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singular3
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- adjective · masculine plural1
- preposition + adjective · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 6
- HRd/Aamsa · 3
- HAampc · 2
- HAampa · 1
- HR/Aafsa · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:13לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃leshikorahpreposition + adjective · feminine singularHannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunkhere: to a drunken [woman]
- 1 Samuel 25:36שִׁכֹּ֖רshikoradjective · masculine singularWhen Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.here: [was] drunk
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 16:9שִׁכּ֔וֹרshikoradjective · masculine singularHowever, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.here: drunken
- 1 Kings 20:16שִׁכּ֜וֹרshikoradjective · masculine singularThey marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.here: drunken
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 19:14שִׁכּ֖וֹרshikoradjective · masculine singularThe LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.here: a drunkard
- Isaiah 24:20כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹרkashikorpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singularThe earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.here: like the drunkard
- Isaiah 28:1שִׁכֹּרֵ֣יshikoreiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.here: [the] drunkards of
- Isaiah 28:3שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥יshikoreiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.here: [the] drunkards of