# שָׁכַר (shakhar)

Israeli respelling: sha-khar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7937. 19 Old Testament occurrences.

to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence

King James renderings: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shakhar-h7937

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 9:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/21) — And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- [Genesis 43:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/34) — And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and wer…
- [Deuteronomy 32:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/42) — I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from t…
- [1 Samuel 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/14) — And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
- [2 Samuel 11:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/11/13) — And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the s…
- [Song of Solomon 5:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/1) — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have dru…
- [Isaiah 29:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/9) — Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
- [Isaiah 49:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/26) — And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all fl…
- [Isaiah 51:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/21) — Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
- [Isaiah 63:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/63/6) — And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
- [Jeremiah 25:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/27) — Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise…
- [Jeremiah 48:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/26) — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- [Jeremiah 51:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/7) — Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nat…
- [Jeremiah 51:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/39) — In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, sai…
- [Jeremiah 51:57](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/57) — And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sle…
- [Lamentations 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/4/21) — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken,…
- [Nahum 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/11) — Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
- [Habakkuk 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/15) — Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their n…
- [Haggai 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/1/6) — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but ther…