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שִׁכּוֹר H7910
H7910 is the Hebrew word שִׁכּוֹר, transliterated shikkôwr and said shik-kore'. The King James Version most often renders it drunkards.
What it means
intoxicated, as astate or a habit.
Where it comes from
or שִׁכֹּר; from H7937 (שָׁכַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
Verses using שִׁכּוֹר
All 12 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 1:13 · KJV
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
1 Samuel 25:36 · KJV
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1 Kings 16:9 · KJV
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
1 Kings 20:16 · KJV
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
Psalm 107:27 · KJV
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
Proverbs 26:9 · KJV
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Isaiah 19:14 · KJV
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isaiah 24:20 · KJV
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Isaiah 28:1 · KJV
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Isaiah 28:3 · KJV
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Jeremiah 23:9 · KJV
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
Joel 1:5 · KJV
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7910 mean?
H7910 is the Hebrew word שִׁכּוֹר (shikkôwr), meaning intoxicated, as astate or a habit.
How is H7910 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it drunkards (3 times), drunken (2 times), himself drunk (2 times), like a drunken man (1 time), drunkard (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7910 appear in the Bible?
שִׁכּוֹר (shikkôwr) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7910 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or שִׁכֹּר; from H7937 (שָׁכַר).
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