Shâthâh — H8354

H8354 · Hebrew — שתה

Pronunciation: shaw-thaw'

Definition

verb

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

  1. to drink
    1. (Qal)
      1. to drink
        1. of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
      2. to feast
    2. (Niphal) to be drunk

Usually translated as

drink, drunk, drinking, banquet, assuredly, certainly, drinker, drunkard, surely

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shâthâh occurs 218 times in 193 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (14), Exodus (11), Leviticus (2), Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (9), Judges (10), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (7), 1 Kings (20), 2 Kings (8), 1 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Esther (3), Job (7), Psalms (5), Proverbs (8), Ecclesiastes (5), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (14), Jeremiah (13), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (15), Daniel (1), Joel (2), Amos (6), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — S