שִׁכָּרוֹן
shikaron · drunkenness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7943 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shikaron (שִׁכָּרוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drunkenness”.
How to say it
shi·ka·ron
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
- Being intoxicated, out of control.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- drunkenness ×2
- until you are drunk ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 13:13
Then you will say to them: ‘Thus says YHWH: Look, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit for David on his throne, and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
- Ezekiel 23:33
With drunkenness and sorrow you will be filled, a cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.
- Ezekiel 39:19
And you will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, from my sacrifice that I have sacrificed for you.