סֹבֶא
sove · drunkard, strong drink
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5435 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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sove (סֹבֶא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drunkard, strong drink”.
Drunkard; intoxicating drink.
How to say it
so·ve
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Intoxicating brew; one who gets intoxicated.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- drink ×2
- drunkard ×1
- liquor ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 21:20
and they shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not listen to our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.”
- Isaiah 1:22
Your silver has become dross, your liquor diluted with water.
- Hosea 4:18
Their drink is gone; they give themselves wholly to prostitution; her shields passionately love disgrace.
- Nahum 1:10
For they are like tangled thorns and like drunkards with their drink; they will be consumed like stubble fully dry.