STRONGS G4608:
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 (
Deuteronomy 14:26);
Deuteronomy 29:6, 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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