Leviticus 10:9-11
Do not Num 6:3, Num 6:20; Prov 31:4-5; Isa 28:7; Jer 35:5-6; Ezek 44:21; Luke 1:15; Eph 5:18; 1Tim 3:3, 1Tim 3:8, 1Tim 5:23; Titus 1:7 strong drink The Hebrew shecher, Arabic sakar, or sukr, Greek σικερα, from shachar, to inebriate, signifies any kind of fermented and inebriating liquor beside wine. So St. Jerome informs us, that sicera in Hebrew denotes any inebriating liquor, whether made of corn, the juice of apples, honey, dates, or any other fruit. These different kinds of liquors are described by Pliny, who calls then vina factitia. One of the four prohibited drinks among the Mohammedans in India is called sakar, which denotes inebriating liquor in general, but especially date wine. it shall be Lev 3:17 Lev 11:47, Lev 20:25-26; Jer 15:19; Ezek 22:26, Ezek 44:23; Titus 1:15; 1Pet 1:14-16 Deut 24:8, Deut 33:10; 2Chr 17:9, 2Chr 30:22; Neh 8:2, Neh 8:8, Neh 9:13-14; Jer 2:8, Jer 18:18; Mal 2:7; Matt 28:20; Acts 20:27; 1Thess 4:2
Copyright information for
TSK