Definition
or שִׁכֹּר; from H7937; intoxicated, as a state or a habit
Traditional renderings: drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
Traditional renderings: drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שִׁכֹּר:
- μεθύωmethuō“to get drunk”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- 1 Samuel 1:13לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃ · she was drunkHannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
- 1 Samuel 25:36שִׁכֹּ֖ר · drunkWhen 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.
- 1 Kings 16:9שִׁכּ֔וֹרHowever, 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.
- 1 Kings 20:16שִׁכּ֜וֹר · drunkThey marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
- Job 12:25כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ · like drunkardsThey grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
- Psalm 107:27כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר · like drunkardsThey reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
- Proverbs 26:9שִׁכּ֑וֹר · of a drunkardLike a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- Isaiah 19:14שִׁכּ֖וֹר · as a drunkardThe 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.
- Isaiah 24:20כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹר · like a drunkardThe earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
- Isaiah 28:1שִׁכֹּרֵ֣י · drunkardsWoe 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.
- Isaiah 28:3שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י · drunkardsThe majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
- Jeremiah 23:9שִׁכּ֔וֹרAs for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
- Joel 1:5שִׁכּוֹרִים֙ · you drunkardsWake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.