Çâbâʼ — H5433

Definition

verb

to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy

1. to drink heavily or largely, imbibe
1. (Qal)
1. to imbibe
2. wine-bibber, drunkard (participle) (subst)

Usually translated as

drunkard, fill self, Sabean, bibber, winebibber

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Çâbâʼ occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Nahum (1)

• Deuteronomy 21:20 — And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard (וְסֹבֵֽא).
• Proverbs 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers (בְסֹֽבְאֵי); among riotous eaters of flesh:
• Proverbs 23:21 — For the drunkard (סֹבֵ֣א) and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
• Isaiah 56:12 — Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill (וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה) ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
• Nahum 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards (סְבוּאִ֑ים), they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.