שָׁתָה shatah

Hebrew word for “to drink” · Strong’s H8354 · used 217 times in 193 verses

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Meaning

1) to drink; 1a) (Qal);

How it is translated

Glosses given for shatah in context, with how often each is used:

• drink 68
• will drink 50
• drank 33
• drinking 14
• have drunk 12
• may drink 7
• drinks 5
• drinkers 4
• must drink 3
• had drunk 2
• those who drink 2
• certainly 2

Where it is used

Also in 22 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 13 (8), Genesis 24 (7), Numbers 20 (4), Jeremiah 25 (4), Jeremiah 35 (4), Exodus 7 (3), Exodus 17 (3), Judges 13 (3), Judges 19 (3), 1 Kings 17 (3)

Forms

• שׁתה 20
• לשׁתות 19
• ישׁתו 15
• וישׁתו 13
• ישׁתה 13
• תשׁתה 12
• וישׁת 10
• ושׁתו 10
• ולשׁתות 10
• שׁתו 9

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shatah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 92
• מַי mayim “water” 61
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 39
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 24
• שֵׁכָר shekhar “strong drink” 11
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 16
• כּוֹס kos “cup” 10
• עִם im “with” 18
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 19
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 16
• שָׁכַר shakhar “be drunk” 7
• קוּם qum “to arise” 13

Key verses

The verses using shatah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 17:2 — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the…
• Nehemiah 8:10 — Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our…
• Esther 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens…
• Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
• Song of Solomon 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my…
• Isaiah 51:17 — Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and…
• Isaiah 65:13 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my…
• Jeremiah 22:15 — Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
• Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and…
• Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in…
• Amos 9:14 — And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink…
• Haggai 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.