- Original: שׁכר - Transliteration: Shakar - Phonetic: shaw-kar' - Definition: 1. to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated a. (Qal) to become drunken b. (Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk c. (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk d. (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2388 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence. (Superlative of H8248 .): - (be filled with) drink (abundantly) (be make) drunk (-en) be merry. [Superlative of H8248 .] Total KJV Occurrences: 19 • abundantly, 1 Song of Songs 5:1 • drink, 1 Haggai 1:6 • drunk, 4 Deuteronomy 32:42; 2 Samuel 11:13; Isaiah 63:6; Jeremiah 51:57 • drunken, 12 Genesis 9:21; 1 Samuel 1:14; Isaiah 29:9; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 51:21; Jeremiah 25:27; Jeremiah 48:26; Jeremiah 51:7; Jeremiah 51:39; Lamentations 4:21; Nahum 3:11; Habakkuk 2:15 • merry, 1 Genesis 43:34