# שֵׁכָר (shekhar)

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

Strong’s H7941. 20 Old Testament occurrences.

an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor

King James renderings: strong drink, [phrase] drunkard, strong wine.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shekhar-h7941

## Occurrences

- [Leviticus 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/10/9) — Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall…
- [Numbers 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/6/3) — He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drin…
- [Numbers 28:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/28/7) — And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to b…
- [Deuteronomy 14:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/14/26) — And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for wh…
- [Deuteronomy 29:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/29/6) — Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
- [Judges 13:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/4) — Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
- [Judges 13:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/7) — But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: fo…
- [Judges 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/14) — She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I com…
- [1 Samuel 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/15) — And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured…
- [Psalms 69:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/12) — They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
- [Proverbs 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/1) — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- [Proverbs 31:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/4) — It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
- [Proverbs 31:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/6) — Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
- [Isaiah 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/11) — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
- [Isaiah 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/22) — Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
- [Isaiah 24:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/24/9) — They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
- [Isaiah 28:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/7) — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong dr…
- [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 56:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/56/12) — Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abund…
- [Micah 2:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/2/11) — If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the pr…