What does שָׁתָה (šātāh) mean in the Bible?
שָׁתָה (šātāh): To drink; figuratively to absorb or consume—often used of God drinking judgment or wrath against nations.
Hebrew · H8354
שָׁתָה
To imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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שָׁתָה H8354
Pronunciation šātāh
What does שָׁתָה (šātāh) mean in the Bible?
שָׁתָה (šātāh): To drink; figuratively to absorb or consume—often used of God drinking judgment or wrath against nations.
Full entry for שָׁתָה (H8354) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8354?
The BSB source-word alignment has 217 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and drink (35), Drink (28), to drink (26), and drank (18), and drinking (11).
Where does שָׁתָה (šātāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 9:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (22), 1 Kings (21), Genesis (17), Isaiah (17).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and drink 35× Exodus 32:6, Numbers 23:24, Ruth 2:9, 2 Samuel 11:11
Drink 28× Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:44, Genesis 24:46
to drink 26× Genesis 24:19, Genesis 30:38, Exodus 7:18, Exodus 7:24
and drank 18× Genesis 24:54, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 26:30, Exodus 24:11
and drinking 11× Ruth 3:3, Ruth 3:7, 1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Kings 1:25
or drink 8× Deuteronomy 9:18, 1 Kings 13:8, 1 Kings 13:9, 1 Kings 13:16
. . . 4× 1 Kings 13:22, Jeremiah 25:28, Jeremiah 49:12
drinking 4× Genesis 24:22, Judges 19:4, 1 Samuel 30:16, 1 Kings 13:23
to drink it 4× 2 Samuel 23:16, 2 Samuel 23:17, 1 Chronicles 11:18, 1 Chronicles 11:19
they drink 3× Proverbs 31:5, Isaiah 21:5, Amos 2:8
they will drink 3× Ezekiel 4:16, Obadiah 1:16, Zechariah 9:15
you drink 3× Deuteronomy 2:6, Amos 6:6, Haggai 1:6
may drink 2× Numbers 6:20, Ezekiel 44:21
or drinking 2× Exodus 34:28, Proverbs 26:6
will drink 2× Isaiah 65:13, Obadiah 1:16
you drank 2× Deuteronomy 32:14, Obadiah 1:16
[and] drink 1× Song Of Solomon 5:1
[and] drink it 1× Jeremiah 25:28
[or] 1× 1 Samuel 30:12
[who] drinks up 1× Job 34:7
and drunk 1× 2 Kings 19:24
and drunk [foreign] 1× Isaiah 37:25
and he drank 1× Genesis 27:25
and he would drink 1× 1 Kings 17:6
And they will drink 1× Jeremiah 25:16
and you are to drink it 1× Ezekiel 4:11
and you will drink 1× 2 Kings 3:17
are we to drink 1× Exodus 15:24
But when he drank 1× Genesis 9:21
drank 1× Jeremiah 51:7
drink it down 1× Psalms 75:8
drinks from 1× Genesis 44:5
drinks in 1× Job 6:4
drunk 1× Jeremiah 35:8
drunk [it] 1× Jeremiah 35:14
getting 1× 1 Kings 20:16
getting drunk 1× 1 Kings 16:9
had 1× 1 Samuel 1:15
have drunk 1× Isaiah 51:17
he is drinking 1× Isaiah 29:8
He will drink 1× Psalms 110:7
How can I drink 1× 1 Chronicles 11:19
I have drunk 1× Song Of Solomon 5:1
in drinking 1× Isaiah 5:22
Is it not enough for you to drink 1× Ezekiel 34:18
is to refresh those 1× 2 Samuel 16:2
Let him drink 1× Proverbs 31:7
let him drink [for himself] 1× Job 21:20
more to drink 1× Amos 4:1
must drink 1× Habakkuk 2:16
must drink it 1× Jeremiah 49:12
nor drink 1× Judges 13:14
of drunkards 1× Psalms 69:12
or drinks 1× 2 Samuel 19:35
simply for yourselves 1× Zechariah 7:6
So I drank 1× Genesis 24:46
so that I may drink 1× 1 Kings 17:10
So they feasted 1× Genesis 43:34
that drinks in 1× Deuteronomy 11:11
that I may drink 1× Genesis 24:14
the well-watered trees 1× Ezekiel 31:16
to dine 1× Esther 7:1
to those who consume it 1× Isaiah 24:9
we drink 1× Lamentations 5:4
well-watered 1× Ezekiel 31:14
were able to drink 1× Numbers 20:11
were drinking 1× 1 Kings 20:12
When Samson drank 1× Judges 15:19
who drinks 1× Job 15:16
will drink [it too] 1× Jeremiah 25:26
will drink the wine 1× Isaiah 62:9
you are to drink 1× 1 Kings 17:4
you drinkers 1× Joel 1:5
You most certainly must drink it 1× Jeremiah 25:28
you must drink it too 1× Jeremiah 49:12
you who have drained 1× Isaiah 51:17
You will drink 1× Ezekiel 23:32
You will drink it 1× Ezekiel 23:34
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 9:21 וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ to But when he drank Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 24:14 וְאֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה to that I may drink Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Genesis 24:14 שְׁתֵ֔ה to Drink Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Genesis 24:18 שְׁתֵ֣ה to Drink Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Genesis 24:19 לִשְׁתֹּֽת׃ to to drink Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Genesis 24:22 לִשְׁתּ֔וֹת to drinking Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Genesis 24:44 שְׁתֵ֔ה to Drink Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Genesis 24:46 שְׁתֵ֔ה to Drink Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Genesis 24:46 וָאֵ֕שְׁתְּ to So I drank Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Genesis 24:54 וַיִּשְׁתּ֗וּ to and drank Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 9:21
Aligned rows 217
Books represented 34
Genesis 17 Exodus 12 Leviticus 2 Numbers 10 Deuteronomy 9 Judges 10 Ruth 3 1 Samuel 4 2 Samuel 7 1 Kings 21 2 Kings 8 1 Chronicles 5 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 2 Esther 3 Job 7 Psalms 5 Proverbs 8 Ecclesiastes 5 Song Of Solomon 2 Isaiah 17 Jeremiah 22 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 16 Daniel 1 Joel 2 Amos 6 Obadiah 3 Jonah 1 Micah 1 Habakkuk 1 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 3
Source forms
לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת 5x liš·tō·wṯ Exodus 7:18, Exodus 7:21, Judges 7:6, 2 Samuel 16:2
וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ 4x way·yiš·tū Judges 9:27, Judges 19:4, 2 Kings 6:23, 2 Kings 7:8
יִשְׁתּ֖וּ 4x yiš·tū Deuteronomy 32:38, Isaiah 65:13, Ezekiel 44:21, Zephaniah 1:13
לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ 4x liš·tō·wṯ Genesis 30:38, Numbers 20:5, Numbers 33:14, Judges 7:5
וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ 3x way·yê·šət Genesis 25:34, Judges 15:19, 1 Kings 19:6
וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ 3x way·yiš·tū Genesis 26:30, Judges 19:21, Joel 3:3
וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת 3x wə·liš·tō·wṯ 2 Samuel 11:11, Job 1:4, Ecclesiastes 8:15
יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ 3x yiš·teh Numbers 23:24, 1 Kings 17:6, Job 21:20
Parsing patterns
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 23x Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 30:38, Exodus 7:18
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 15x Deuteronomy 32:38, Psalms 75:8, Proverbs 4:17, Isaiah 24:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 12x Genesis 24:54, Genesis 26:30, Genesis 43:34, Exodus 24:11
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 12x Genesis 44:5, Numbers 6:3, Numbers 6:20, Numbers 23:24
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 10x Genesis 9:21, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:25, Judges 15:19
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 10x Ruth 3:3, 2 Samuel 11:11, 1 Kings 18:42, 2 Kings 18:27
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 10x Deuteronomy 28:39, Deuteronomy 32:14, 1 Kings 13:9, 1 Kings 13:17
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 7x Esther 4:16, Jeremiah 25:28, Jeremiah 35:6, Ezekiel 34:18
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. To drink; figuratively to absorb or consume—often used of God drinking judgment or wrath against nations.
Strong's H8354
Lexical occurrences 217 verses Word forms 2 forms 108 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 25:15-29 Source Gloss
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
To drink; figuratively to absorb or consume—often used of God drinking judgment or wrath against nations.
to imbibe (literally or figuratively) BDB: drink Usage: × assuredly, banquet, × certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (× -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 108
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×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Figurative consumption of God's wrath as divine judgment upon nations
Literal abstinence from drinking wine as covenant obedience and religious practice
Literal consumption of food and drink with moral warning about deceptive hospitality
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 217 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
שָׁתָה is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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