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Strong's #4608 - σίκερα

Transliteration
síkera
Phonetics
sik'-er-ah
Origin
of Hebrew origin (H7941)
Parts of Speech
neuter noun
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. strong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine; it was a artificial 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
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 7941 ‑ שֵׁכָר (shay‑kawr');  
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The Lexham English Bible
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LSB (2)
Luke 2
N95 (1)
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NAS (1)
Luke 1
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σίκερα, τό,

fermented liquor, strong drink, LXX Leviticus 10:9, Is. 24.9, Ev.Luke 1:15, Gal. 19.693. (Cf. Hebr. ðçkâr. )

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σίκερα, 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 (); , etc.; the same Hebrew word is rendered also by μέθυσμα, Judges 13:4, 7, 14; Micah 2:11). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Wein, künstlicher; (B. D., under the word ).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σίκερα , τό ,

indecl.

(Aram. שִׁכְרָא ),

[in LXX for H7941 (also rendered μέθυσμα , Judges 13:4, Micah 2:11), Leviticus 10:9, al.;]

fermented liquor, strong drink: Luke 1:15.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
σικερα σικέρα σίκερα σικέραν Σίκιμα σίκλοι σίκλον σίκλος σίκλου σίκλους σίκλω σικλών σίκλων σικυηράτω σικύους sikera síkera
 
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