# H7937 שָׁכַר

שָׁכַר (shâkar), Strong’s H7937: to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence KJV: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en)…

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*shâkar* — to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence

KJV: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of…

Occurs 19 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁכַר] vb. be, or become, drunk, drunken
- Qal become drunken
- Pi. make drunken
- Hiph. id.: i.e. make princes helpless
- Hithp. how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle]?

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 9:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=21) — He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
- [Genesis 43:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=34) — He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank…
- [Deuteronomy 32:42](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=42) — I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from…
- [1 Samuel 1:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=14) — Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
- [2 Samuel 11:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=13) — When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his…
- [Isaiah 29:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=9) — Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong…
- [Isaiah 49:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/49?v=26) — I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine…
- [Isaiah 51:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/51?v=21) — Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
- [Isaiah 63:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/63?v=6) — I trod down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath. I poured their lifeblood out on the earth.”
- [Jeremiah 25:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/25?v=27) — “You shall tell them, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel says: “Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more…