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שָׁקָה H8248
H8248 is the Hebrew word שָׁקָה, transliterated shâqâh and said shaw-kaw'. The King James Version most often renders it drink.
What it means
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 53 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).
Verses using שָׁקָה
The first 40 of 62 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 2:6 · KJV
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Genesis 2:10 · KJV
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Genesis 19:32 · KJV
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:33 · KJV
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 19:34 · KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:35 · KJV
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 21:19 · KJV
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis 24:14 · KJV
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Genesis 24:19 · KJV
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Genesis 24:43 · KJV
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Genesis 24:46 · KJV
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
Genesis 29:2 · KJV
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
Genesis 29:3 · KJV
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
Genesis 29:7 · KJV
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
Genesis 29:8 · KJV
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
Genesis 29:10 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
Genesis 40:1 · KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40:2 · KJV
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
Genesis 40:5 · KJV
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
Genesis 40:9 · KJV
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
Genesis 40:20 · KJV
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Genesis 40:21 · KJV
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
Genesis 40:23 · KJV
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Genesis 41:9 · KJV
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Exodus 2:16 · KJV
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Exodus 2:17 · KJV
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Exodus 2:19 · KJV
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
Numbers 5:24 · KJV
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
Numbers 5:26 · KJV
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Numbers 5:27 · KJV
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Numbers 20:8 · KJV
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
Deuteronomy 11:10 · KJV
For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Judges 4:19 · KJV
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
1 Samuel 30:11 · KJV
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
2 Samuel 23:15 · KJV
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
1 Kings 10:5 · KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
1 Chronicles 11:17 · KJV
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
2 Chronicles 9:4 · KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
2 Chronicles 28:15 · KJV
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
Esther 1:7 · KJV
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8248 mean?
H8248 is the Hebrew word שָׁקָה (shâqâh), meaning to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to.
How is H8248 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it drink (16 times), water (7 times), butler (7 times), watered (6 times), made (3 times), among others.
How many times does H8248 appear in the Bible?
שָׁקָה (shâqâh) is tagged in 62 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8248 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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