Hebrew · Strong's H8354 · Verb
שָׁתָה
sha·tah
to drink
217times used
193verses
34books
How it's translated
- to drink18
- and they drank11
- and to drink11
- and he drank10
- they will drink9
- you will drink8
- drink7
- and drink7
Definition
1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk
Aramaic equivalent: she.tah (שְׁתָה "to drink" H8355)
The forms it takes
Form
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 31% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Infinitive 24% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 12% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Participle 9% one who is doing
- Perfect (qatal) 8% a complete action, usually past
- Imperative 7% a command
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- 1 Kings20
- Ezekiel15
- Genesis14
- Isaiah14
- Jeremiah13
- Exodus11
- Judges10
- Numbers9
- Deuteronomy9
- 2 Kings8
…and 24 more books.
Every verse
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