Dict: easton - Drink

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Drink @ The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer. To drink water by measure kjv@Ezekiel:4:11), and to buy water to drink kjv@Lamentations:5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter. The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of kjv@Leviticus:11:20 kjv@Leviticus:11:23, 41, 42. (
See kjv@Matthew:23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")

Drink, strong @ (Heb. shekar'), an intoxicating liquor kjv@Judges:13:4; kjv@Luke:1:15; kjv@Isaiah:5:11; kjv@Micah:2:11) distilled from corn, honey, or dates. The effects of the use of strong drink are referred to in kjv@Psalms:107:27; kjv@Isaiah:24:20 kjv@Isaiah:49:26 kjv@Isaiah:51:17 -22. Its use prohibited, kjv@Proverbs:20:1. (
See WINE.)

Drink-offering @ consisted of wine kjv@Numbers:15:5; kjv@Hosea:9:4) poured around the altar kjv@Exodus:30:9). Joined with meat-offerings kjv@Numbers:6:15-17; kjv@2Kings:16:13; kjv@Joel:1:9 kjv@Joel:1:13 kjv@Joel:2:14), presented daily kjv@Exodus:29:40), on the Sabbath kjv@Numbers:28:9), and on feast-days (28:14). One-fourth of an hin of wine was required for one lamb, one-third for a ram, and one-half for a bullock kjv@Numbers:15:5 kjv@Numbers:28:7 kjv@Numbers:28:14). "Drink offerings of blood" kjv@Psalms:16:4) is used in allusion to the heathen practice of mingling the blood of animals sacrificed with wine or water, and pouring out the mixture in the worship of the gods, and the idea conveyed is that the psalmist would not partake of the abominations of the heathen.