סֹבֶאçôbeʼ

drink, liquor (Isaiah 1:22; Hosea 4:18; Nahum 1:10)

Pronunciation: so'-beh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5435

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 1:22 Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.
  • Hosea 4:18 When the rulers of Israel finish their drinking, off they go to find some prostitutes. They love shame more than honor.
  • Nahum 1:10 His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).