Hebrew verb · H7937
שָׁכַר
shakarshaw-kar'
be drunk
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâkar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7937is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7937
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
The King James renders it: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shakar is rendered "be drunk". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 9:21But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Genesis 9:21וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's nineteen uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and become drunk2
- you will become drunk2
- and he became drunk1
- and he made drunk him1
- and I made drunk them1
- and I will make drunk1
- and I will make drunk them1
- and O drunken1
- and they became drunk1
- I will make drunk1
- make drunk it1
- making drunk1
and 5 more, 19 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אַשְׁכִּ֤יר1
- הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּ1
- וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖ם1
- וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי1
- וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙1
- וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר1
- וַֽיְשַׁכְּרֵ֑הוּ1
- וַֽיִּשְׁכְּר֖וּ1
- וְשִׁכְר֖וּ1
- וְשִׁכְרוּ֙1
- וּשְׁכֻרַ֖ת1
- יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HC/Vqv2mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular2HVqi2fs
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Aafsc
- Hc/Vhq1cs1Hc/Vhq1cs
- Hc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mp1Hc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mp
- HC/Vpu1cs/Sp3mp1HC/Vpu1cs/Sp3mp
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhi1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhv2mp/Sp3ms
Genesis
two uses
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑רvaiyishkarHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he became drunk
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
- וַֽיִּשְׁכְּר֖וּvaiyishkeruHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they became drunk
Deuteronomy
one use
I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
- אַשְׁכִּ֤ירʾashkirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make drunk
1 Samuel
one use
and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
- תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִ֑יןtishtakarinverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular + paragogic nuntagged: will you be drunk
2 Samuel
one use
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
- וַֽיְשַׁכְּרֵ֑הוּvayshakerehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he made drunk him
Song of Solomon
one use
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
- וְשִׁכְר֖וּveshikhruconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and become drunk
Isaiah
four uses
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- שָֽׁכְר֣וּshakheruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people have become drunk
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- יִשְׁכָּר֑וּןyishkarunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will become drunk
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
- וּשְׁכֻרַ֖תushekhuratconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and O drunken
I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”
- וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖םvaashakeremHC/Vpu1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I made drunk them
Jeremiah
five uses
“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- וְשִׁכְרוּ֙veshikhruconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and become drunk
“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּhashkiruhuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: make drunk it
Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶתmeshakeretverb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine singulartagged: making drunk
While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
- וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙vehishkartimHc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will make drunk them
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּיvehishkartiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will make drunk
Lamentations
one use
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- תִּשְׁכְּרִ֖יtishkeriverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will become drunk
Nahum
one use
You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
- תִּשְׁכְּרִ֔יtishkeriverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will become drunk
Habakkuk
one use
Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
- שַׁכֵּ֑רshakerverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: you make drunk
Haggai
one use
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
- לְשָׁכְרָ֔הleshakherahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to become drunk
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
