King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7937
Transliteration: shakar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be or become drunk or drunken
Meaning: to become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence
Word Summary
shakar: to be or become drunk or drunken
Original Word: שָׁכַרTransliteration: shakar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be or become drunk or drunken
Meaning: to become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence
Strong's Concordance
be filled with drink abundantly, be, make drunken, be merry A primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence -- (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of shaqah.)
see HEBREW shaqah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7937. shakar
I. [שָׁכַר] verb be, or beocme, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew id., derived species and derivatives; Ecclus 40:18; Ecclus 40:20 שכר strong drink; Arabic be drunken, also be full, fill; Assyrian šikaru; = שֵׁכָר, šikaru, drunken, perhaps also verb šakâru; Ethiopic : Aramaic שִׁכְרָא, = שְׁכָר, especially date-wine (Löw p. 125), compare be drunken, usually (derived species) defile, deform, etc.; from שֵׁכָר, Egyptian t-av-k-±ra WMMAs.u.Eur.102, Greek σίκερα, LewyFremdw. 81); —
Qal Perfect3plural שָֽׁכְרוּ Isaiah 29:9; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑רGenesis 9:21, 3 masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Isaiah 49:26, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּ Jeremiah 25:27; Song of Solomon 5:1; Infinitive construct לְשָׁכְרָה Haggai 1:6; Passive participle שְׁכֻרַתIsaiah 51:21 (Ges§ 130b LagBN 60); — become drunken Genesis 9:21 (J), of social drinking 43:34 (J), Song of Solomon 5:1, token of plenty Haggai 1:6; figurative of nations staggering helplessly under calamity Jeremiah 25:27; 51:21(מִיָּ֑יִן וְלֹא), of Nahum 3:11; of infatuation Isaiah 29:9 (יַיִן וְלֹא), of disgrace Lamentations 4:21, self-destruction, יִשׁ דָּמָם ׳כֶּעָסִיס Isaiah 49:26.
Pi`el make drunken: Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 Samuel 11:13, literal; figurative 1singular (suffix of people) וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read ׳וָ) Isaiah 63:6 (subject ׳י) I made them drunk in my wrath (but MSS Ges Hi Ew Che Kit Marti and others וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵם I brake them in pieces); Participle feminine singular, of Babylonian, בָּלהָֿרֶץ מְשַׁכֶּרֶת Jeremiah 51:7; compare Infinitive abs. שַׁכֵּר Habakkuk 2:15 (i. e. terrorizing nations; read probably שׁ וְאַף ׳הַשְׁקֵה We Now).
Hiph`il id.: Perfect1singular וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:27 (subject ׳י) i.e. make princes helpless, וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים 51:39; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and disgraced 48:26; Imperfect1singular מִדָּם חְצַּי אַשְׁכִּיר Deuteronomy 32:42. — RubenJQ xi (1889), 446 proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֺת Hosea 7:5 for את ידו משׁך.
Hithpa`el Imperfect2feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 Samuel 1:14 how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ?