Strong’s H8248 · Hebrew
שָׁקָה
shâqâh
shaw-kaw'
Definition
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- cause to (give
- give to
- let
- make to) drink
- drown
- moisten
- water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר)
- H8354 (שָׁתָה)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.