Shêkâr — H7941

H7941 · Hebrew — שכר

Pronunciation: shay-kawr'

Definition

masculine noun

an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor

  1. strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor

Usually translated as

strong drink, strong wine, drunkard

Origin

from H7937

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shêkâr occurs 23 times in 20 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (6), Micah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S