Hebrew · H8354, G4095 · unreviewed

שָׁתָה

To imbibe (literally or figuratively) · to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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שָׁתָה H8354 to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

Pronunciation šātāh

To drink; figuratively to absorb or consume—often used of God drinking judgment or wrath against nations.

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πίνω G4095 to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

Pronunciation pínō

To drink, including spiritually consuming Christ's blood through faith in the Eucharist.

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What does שָׁתָה (shatah) mean in the Bible?

שָׁתָה · πίνω is a Hebrew word meaning "to drink or consume what is given".

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Meaning

to drink or consume what is given

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 107×

Imperfect Amos 2:8 · Deut 32:38 · Ezek 4:16 · Ezek 12:19 · Ezek 25:4 · Ezek 44:21 · Isa 24:9 · Isa 62:8 · Isa 65:13 · Jer 49:12 · Obad 1:16 · Prov 4:17 · Ps 75:9 · Zeph 1:13 · 1Kgs 17:6 · Gen 44:5 56×

Perfect 1Sam 1:15 · Deut 9:9 · Deut 9:18 · Song 5:1 · 1Sam 30:12 · Exod 34:28 · Ezra 10:6 · Isa 44:12 · Deut 29:5 · Obad 1:16 · Isa 51:17 · Jer 35:14 · Jer 51:7 · Lam 5:4 15×

Participle active 1Kgs 16:9 · 1Kgs 20:12 · 1Kgs 20:16 · Ezek 31:14 · Ezek 31:16 · Isa 29:8 · Job 6:4 · Job 15:16 · Joel 1:5 · Prov 26:6 · Ps 69:13 11×

Sequential imperfect Gen 24:14 · Gen 24:18 · Gen 24:44 · Gen 24:46 · Hab 2:16 · Prov 5:15 · Jer 25:27 · Jer 35:5 · Song 5:1 9×

Jussive Judg 13:4 · Judg 13:7 · 1Kgs 13:22 · Esth 4:16 · Jonah 3:7 · Judg 13:14 · Lev 10:9 7×

Infinitive absolute 1Sam 1:9 · Hag 1:6 · Isa 21:5 · Jer 25:28 · Jer 49:12 6×

Infinitive construct Jer 35:8 · Jer 35:14 · Prov 31:4 3×

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×

Imperfect Lev 11:34 1×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 108 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Imperfect 64 Perfect 15 Participle 11 Imperative 9 Infinitive absolute 6 Infinitive construct 3

Stem

Qal 107 Niphal 1

Mood

Indicative/jussive 47 Indicative 15 Indicative/cohortative 10 Imperative 9 Jussive 7

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship John 7 — The Feast, the Divided Crowd, and the Living Water of Jesus Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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