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Strong's H8248 שָׁקָה (shaqah)

Shaqah means “quaff” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8248
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 59
Books 21

Strong's H8248 Quick Answer

Strong's H8248 שָׁקָה (shaqah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shaqah (shaw-kaw') v. 1. to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to [a primitive root] It has 59 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include drink, give, cause, watered, and water. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shaqah (shaw-kaw') v. 1. to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to [a primitive root]
Usage
59 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
drink, give, cause, watered, and water

Meaning and Definition

shaqah (shaw-kaw') v. 1. to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to [a primitive root] KJV: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937, H8354. See also: H7937, H8354

Original Word
שָׁקָה
Transliteration
shaqah
Derivation
Root: זָעַק
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8248. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to water: watering

Usage: : watering(ANIMALS/PLANTS) 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant

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How Strong's H8248 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shaqah, 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.

drink Genesis 24:19 15× Give Genesis 24:43 11× cause Numbers 5:24 let Genesis 19:32 she Genesis 21:19 they Genesis 19:33 water Genesis 2:10 watered Genesis 2:6 make Psalms 36:8 will Genesis 24:14

How Strong's H8248 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 59 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8248 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8248 in the Old Testament

59 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:6 KJV

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Genesis 2:10 KJV

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Genesis 19:32 KJV

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Usage Excerpts

First 59 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8248.

Genesis 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Genesis 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Genesis 19:32 Old Testament, KJV
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:33 Old Testament, KJV
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 19:34 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:35 Old Testament, KJV
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Genesis 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Genesis 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Genesis 24:43 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Genesis 24:45 Old Testament, KJV
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
Genesis 24:46 Old Testament, KJV
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
Genesis 29:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
Genesis 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
Genesis 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
Genesis 29:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
Genesis 29:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
Exodus 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Exodus 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Exodus 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
Exodus 32:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Numbers 5:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
Numbers 5:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Numbers 5:27 Old Testament, KJV
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Numbers 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
Deuteronomy 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Judges 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
1 Samuel 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
2 Samuel 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
1 Chronicles 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
2 Chronicles 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
Esther 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Job 21:24 Old Testament, KJV
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Job 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Psalms 36:8 Old Testament, KJV
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Psalms 60:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalms 69:21 Old Testament, KJV
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psalms 78:15 Old Testament, KJV
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Psalms 80:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Psalms 104:11 Old Testament, KJV
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
Psalms 104:13 Old Testament, KJV
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
Proverbs 25:21 Old Testament, KJV
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Ecclesiastes 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Song of Solomon 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Isaiah 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Isaiah 43:20 Old Testament, KJV
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
Jeremiah 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Jeremiah 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Jeremiah 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Jeremiah 25:15 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Jeremiah 25:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
Jeremiah 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Ezekiel 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
Ezekiel 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
Joel 3:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Amos 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Habakkuk 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
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!

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8248, grouped by book.

Genesis 18 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8248 FAQ

What does shaqah (שָׁקָה) mean?

Shaqah (Strong's H8248) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "quaff". shaqah (shaw-kaw') v. 1. to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to [a primitive root]

How many times is shaqah (שָׁקָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 59 linked usages for Strong's H8248 across 21 books.

Where can I study shaqah (שָׁקָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8248 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shaqah (שָׁקָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as drink, give, cause, watered, water, and let. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.