Lexical Summary sikera: fermented liquor Original Word: σίκεραTransliteration: sikera Phonetic Spelling: (sik'-er-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Indeclinable, Other Type Short Definition: fermented liquor Meaning: fermented liquor Strong's Concordance strong drink. Of Hebrew origin (shekar); an intoxicant, i.e. Intensely fermented liquor -- strong drink. see HEBREW shekar Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4608: σίκερασίκερα, τό (Hebrew שֵׁכָר (rather, according to Kautzsch (Gram., p. 11) for שִׁכְרָא (properly, σικρα) the stative emphatic of שְׁכַר (literally, 'intoxicating' drink))), indeclinable (Winers Grammar, 68 (66); Buttmann, 24 (21)) (yet Eusebius, praep. evang. 6, 10, 8 has a genitive σικερος (and Sophocles in his Lex. quotes from Cyrill. Alex. 1, 1041 d. (edited by Migne) a genitive σικερατος), strong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine (except in Numbers 28:7 (cf. Isaiah 28:7)); it was a factitious product, made of a mixture of sweet ingredients, whether derived from grain and vegetables, or from the juice of fruits (dates), or a decoction of honey: Luke 1:15 (Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; Deuteronomy 14:25 ( |
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