שָׁתָהshâthâh

drink

Pronunciation: shaw-thaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8354

Meanings

Qal: active (Exodus 34:28; 1 Samuel 1:15; Genesis 44:5)

1.

a. drink, of man (Exodus 34:28; Exodus 15:24; 1 Samuel 30:12)

b. participle as substantive (Ezekiel 31:14; Ezekiel 31:16; Joel 1:5)

c. drink, wine in sacrificial feast (Deuteronomy 32:38; Psalms 50:13)

d. subject animals (Numbers 20:19; Jonah 3:7; Ezekiel 34:18)

e. figurative of drinking cup of ׳ י's wrath (Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22; Ezekiel 23:32)

f. blood, figurative of slaughter (Numbers 23:24; Zechariah 9:15; Ezekiel 39:17)

g. figurative of wicked deeds (Proverbs 4:17; Job 15:16; Job 34:7)

2. = feast (Esther 3:15; Esther 7:1)

Niph`al: is, drunk (Leviticus 11:34; Proverbs 27:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 217 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 9:21 One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.
  • Genesis 24:14 This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”
  • Genesis 24:18 “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
  • Genesis 24:19 When she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels, too, until they have had enough to drink.”
  • Genesis 24:22 Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets for her wrists.
  • Genesis 24:44 If she says, “Yes, have a drink, and I will draw water for your camels, too,” let her be the one you have selected to be the wife of my master’s son.’
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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).