Shakar means “become tipsy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7937 שָׁכַר (shakar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shakar (shaw-kar') v. 1. to become tipsy 2. in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence It has 19 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include make, drink, and they. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shakar (shaw-kar') v. 1. to become tipsy 2. in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence [a primitive root] KJV: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248.) See also: H8248
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7937. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be drunk
Usage: 1) to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated 1a) (Qal) to become drunken 1b)(Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk 1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shakar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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19 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with him.
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 the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7937.
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with him.
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 the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
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 servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
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 drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
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 flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
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.
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 no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
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.
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 nations are mad.
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, saith the LORD.
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 sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
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, and shalt make thyself naked.
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
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 nakedness!
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 there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7937, grouped by book.
Shakar (Strong's H7937) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "become tipsy". shakar (shaw-kar') v. 1. to become tipsy 2. in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's H7937 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7937 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, drink, and they. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.