שָׁתָה

Strong’s Definition

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to drink
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be drunk

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâthâh; Pronunciation: shaw-thaw'