Lexicon
שִׁכָּרוֹן
shik.ka.ron
H7943
H:N-M Hebrew

drunkenness

3
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

shik.ka.ron denotes drunkenness as a state of being filled or made drunk in judgment and sacrificial imagery.

The attested use presents drunkenness as a condition with which people are filled or made drunk: Jerusalem’s inhabitants are filled with it, a cup brings it with sorrow, and those at a prepared sacrifice drink until drunk.

Senses in use

  1. Drunkenness as a filled or induced condition · dominant

    All three occurrences use the masculine singular absolute noun in scenes of being filled or becoming drunk. In Jeremiah 13:13 the APB renders the inhabitants of the land as being filled “with drunkenness”; in Ezekiel 23:33 it renders a cup that brings “drunkenness and sorrow,” and in Ezekiel 39:19 it describes drinking blood “until you are drunk” at a prepared sacrifice.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clause with “drunkenness” in Ezekiel 23:33 and Jeremiah 13:13, while Ezekiel 39:19 expresses the outcome as being “drunk.” These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a precise token-by-token equivalence.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture