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Drink

The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H5435, H8249, H8250, H8354, H8355, G4188, G4213, G4095, H4960
Hebrew
סֹ֫בֶא · çôbeʼ
Greek
πόμα · poma

Strong’s and original-language information

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

שָׁתָה

H8354
Transliteration
shâthâh
Pronunciation
shaw-thaw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
217

Glosses

drink, [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Lexicon definition

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πόμα

G4188
Transliteration
poma
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

drink

Lexicon definition

πόμα, -τος, τό (πίνω), late form of Att.. πῶμα, [in LXX.: Psa.102:9 (שִׁקּוּי), al. 4 * ;] drink: 1Co.10:4, Heb.9:10.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πόσις

G4213
Transliteration
posis
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

drink

Lexicon definition

πόσις, -εως, ἡ (πίνω), [in LXX: Da, LXX TH Dan.1:10 (מִשְׁתֶּה) * ;] __1. prop., drinking: Rom.14:17, Col.2:16 (see Lft.; ICC, in l). __2. = πόμα, drink: Jhn.6:55 (cf. βρῶσις).† (AS)

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

מִשְׁתֶּה

H4960
Transliteration
mishteh
Pronunciation
mish-teh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
46

Glosses

feast, drink, banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing).

Lexicon definition

drink, by implication, drinking (the act)

also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שִׁקֻּו

H8249
Transliteration
shiqquv
Pronunciation
shif-koov'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

drink.

Lexicon definition

(plural collective) a draught

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שְׁתָה

H8355
Transliteration
shᵉthâh
Pronunciation
sheth-aw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

drink.

Lexicon definition

{to imbibe (literally or figuratively)}

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שִׁקּוּי

H8250
Transliteration
shiqqûwy
Pronunciation
shik-koo'-ee
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

drink, marrow.

Lexicon definition

a beverage

moisture, i.e. (figuratively) refreshment

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מִשְׁתֶּה

H4960
Transliteration
mishteh
Pronunciation
mish-teh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
46

Glosses

banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing).

Lexicon definition

drink, by implication, drinking (the act)

also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Drink

The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer. To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter. The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Drink

Indexed occurrences: 336

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Strong's Concordance

Drinks

Indexed occurrences: 16

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All Scripture references274 references

Genesis 19

Exodus 11

Leviticus 2

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 9

Judges 13

Ruth 3

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 22

2 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

Esther 22

Job 10

Psalms 6

Proverbs 12

Ecclesiastes 6

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 18

Jeremiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 15

Daniel 10

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 6

Obadiah 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 2

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 5

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 1

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

DRINK

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Ancient Context11 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Isaac Took Rebeka To Wife.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 16

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The Fear He Was In Of His Brother.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 19

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Moses When He Had Brought The People Out Of Egypt Led Them To Mount Sinai; But Not Till They Had Suffered Much In Their Journey.

Antiquities Book 3, Chapter 1

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He Brought Upon The Philistines.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 8

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Saul Upon God's Not Answering Him Concerning The Fight With The Philistines Desired A Necromantic Woman To Raise Up The Soul Of Samuel To Him; And How He Died, With His Sons Upon The Overthrow Of The Hebrews In Battle.

Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 14

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How David Fell In Love With Bathsheba, And Slew Her Husband Uriah, For Which He Is Reproved By Nathan.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 7

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The Hebrews Were Delivered From A Famine When The Gibeonites Had Caused Punishment To Be Inflicted For Those Of Them That Had Been Slain: As Also, What Great Actions Were Performed Against The Philistines By David, And The Men Of Valor About Him.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 12

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Ahab When He Had Taken Jezebel To Wife Became More Wicked Than All The Kings That Had Been Before Him; Of The Actions Of The Prophet Elijah, And What Befell Naboth.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 13

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How After The Death Of Cambyses And The Slaughter Of The Magi But Under The Reign Of Darius, Zorobabel Was Superior To The Rest In The Solution Of Problems And Thereby Obtained This Favor Of The King, That The Temple Should Be Built.

Antiquities Book 11, Chapter 3

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Esther And Mordecai And Haman; And How In The Reign Of Artaxerxes The Whole Nation Of The Jews Was In Danger Of Perishing.

Antiquities Book 11, Chapter 6

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Of The Navigation Of King Agrippa To Rome, To Tiberius Cæsar; And Now Upon His Being Accused By His Own Freed-Man, He Was Bound; How Also He, Was Set At Liberty By Caius, After Tiberius's Death And Was Made King Of The Tetrarchy Of Philip.

Antiquities Book 18, Chapter 6

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Topic

DRINK OFFERING

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DRINK

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Dictionary

Abomination

This word is used, (1.) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Gen. 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it unlawful to eat or drink with foreigners (John 18:28; Acts 10:28; 11:3). (2.) Every shepherd was "an abomination" unto the Egyptians (Gen. 46:34). This aversion to shepherds, such as the Hebrews, arose probably from the fact that Lower and Middle Egypt had formerly been held in oppressive subjection by a tribe of nomad shepherds (the Hyksos), who had only recently been expelled, and partly also perhaps from this other fact that the Egyptians detested the lawless habits of these wandering shepherds. (3.) Pharaoh was so moved by the fourth plague, that while he refused the demand of Moses, he offered a compromise, granting to the Israelites permission to hold their festival and offer their sacrifices in Egypt. This permission could not be accepted, because Moses said they would have to sacrifice "the abomination of the Egyptians" (Ex. 8:26); i.e., the cow or ox, which all the Egyptians held as sacred, and which they regarded it as sacrilegious to kill. (4.) Daniel (11:31), in that section of his prophecies which is generally interpreted as referring to the fearful calamities that were to fall on the Jews in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, says, "And they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." Antiochus Epiphanes caused an altar to be erected on the altar of burnt-offering, on which sacrifices were offered to Jupiter Olympus. (Comp. 1 Macc. 1:57). This was the abomination of the desolation of Jerusalem. The same language is employed in Dan. 9:27 (comp. Matt. 24:15), where the reference is probably to the image-crowned standards which the Romans set up at the east gate of the temple (A.D. 70), and to which they paid idolatrous honours. "Almost the entire religion of the Roman camp consisted in worshipping the ensign, swearing by the ensign, and in preferring the ensign before all other gods." These ensigns were an "abomination" to the Jews, the "abomination of desolation." This word is also used symbolically of sin in general (Isa. 66:3); an idol (44:19); the ceremonies of the apostate Church of Rome (Rev. 17:4); a detestable act (Ezek. 22:11).

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Bottle

A vessel made of skins for holding wine (Josh. 9:4. 13; 1 Sam. 16:20; Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, 38), or milk (Judg. 4:19), or water (Gen. 21:14, 15, 19), or strong drink (Hab. 2:15). Earthenware vessels were also similarly used (Jer. 19:1-10; 1 Kings 14:3; Isa. 30:14). In Job 32:19 (comp. Matt. 9:17; Luke 5:37, 38; Mark 2:22) the reference is to a wine-skin ready to burst through the fermentation of the wine. "Bottles of wine" in the Authorized Version of Hos. 7:5 is properly rendered in the Revised Version by "the heat of wine," i.e., the fever of wine, its intoxicating strength. The clouds are figuratively called the "bottles of heaven" (Job 38:37). A bottle blackened or shrivelled by smoke is referred to in Ps. 119:83 as an image to which the psalmist likens himself.

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Drink-offering

Consisted of wine (Num. 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured around the altar (Ex. 30:9). Joined with meat-offerings (Num. 6:15, 17; 2 Kings 16:13; Joel 1:9, 13; 2:14), presented daily (Ex. 29:40), on the Sabbath (Num. 28:9), and on feast-days (28:14). One-fourth of an hin of wine was required for one lamb, one-third for a ram, and one-half for a bullock (Num. 15:5; 28:7, 14). "Drink offerings of blood" (Ps. 16:4) is used in allusion to the heathen practice of mingling the blood of animals sacrificed with wine or water, and pouring out the mixture in the worship of the gods, and the idea conveyed is that the psalmist would not partake of the abominations of the heathen.

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Drink, strong

(Heb. shekar'), an intoxicating liquor (Judg. 13:4; Luke 1:15; Isa. 5:11; Micah 2:11) distilled from corn, honey, or dates. The effects of the use of strong drink are referred to in Ps. 107:27; Isa. 24:20; 49:26; 51:17-22. Its use prohibited, Prov. 20:1. (See [165]WINE.)

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Drink

The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer. To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter. The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")

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Jealousy, Waters of

Water which the suspected wife was required to drink, so that the result might prove her guilt or innocence (Num. 5:12-17, 27). We have no record of this form of trial having been actually resorted to.

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Lapping

Of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin tongue into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water, which he throws into his mouth. The three hundred men that went with Gideon thus employed their hands and lapped the water out of their hands (Judg. 7:7).

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Marah

Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Ex. 15:23, 24; Num. 33:8) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. On this account they murmured against Moses, who, under divine direction, cast into the fountain "a certain tree" which took away its bitterness, so that the people drank of it. This was probably the Ain Hawarah, where there are still several springs of water that are very "bitter," distant some 47 miles from Ayun Mousa.

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Meat-offering

(Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an "unbloody" sacrifice, as opposed to a "bloody" sacrifice. A "drink-offering" generally accompanied it. The law regarding it is given in Lev. 2, and 6:14-23. It was a recognition of the sovereignty of God and of his bounty in giving all earthly blessings (1 Chr. 29:10-14; Deut. 26:5-11). It was an offering which took for granted and was based on the offering for sin. It followed the sacrifice of blood. It was presented every day with the burnt-offering (Ex. 29:40, 41), and consisted of flour or of cakes prepared in a special way with oil and frankincense.

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Vashti

that drinks; thread

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