What does יַיִן · שֵׁכָר mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H3196, H7941
יַיִן / שֵׁכָר
Wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication · an intoxicant , i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
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יַיִן H3196 wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
Pronunciation yayin
Wine as fermented beverage carrying inherent risk of intoxication; used to signify both celebration and moral peril
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שֵׁכָר H7941 an intoxicant , i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
Pronunciation šēkār
Intoxicating drink distinguished from wine by its potency and capacity to produce drunkenness; often negatively framed in moral/religious contexts
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What does יַיִן / שֵׁכָר (yayin / shēḵār) mean in the Bible?
יַיִן · שֵׁכָר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "wine and intoxicating drink.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3196, H7941?
H3196, H7941 is connected to 164 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. wine and intoxicating drink.
Strong's H3196, H7941
Lexical occurrences 164 verses Source Gloss
wine and intoxicating drink.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain