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1.
(
, 4188), akin to B, No. 1, denotes “the thing drunk” (from a root
,
found in the Eng., “potion”; it is connected with the root
;
see B, No. 3), 1 Cor. 10:4;
Heb. 9:10.¶
2.
(
, 4213), akin to B, No. 1, suggests “the act of drinking,” John 6:55
(where it is practically equivalent to No. 1); Rom. 14:17, “drinking,”
RV
; Col. 2:16.¶
3.
(
&
$
, 4608) is “a strong, intoxicating drink,” made from any sweet
ingredients, whether grain, vegetables, or the juice of fruits, or a decoction of honey;
“strong drink,” Luke 1:15.¶ In the Sept., Lev. 10:9; Num. 6:3; 28:7; Deut. 14:26; 29:6;
Isa. 5:11, 22; 24:9; 28:7; 29:9.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 4095), “to drink,” is used chiefly in the Gospels and in 1 Cor., whether
literally (most frequently), or figuratively, (a) of “drinking” of the blood of Christ, in the
sense of receiving eternal life, through His death, John 6:53-54, 56; (b) of “receiving”
spiritually that which refreshes, strengthens and nourishes the soul, John 7:37; (c) of
“deriving” spiritual life from Christ, John 4:14, as Israel did typically 1 Cor. 10:4; (d) of
“sharing” in the sufferings of Christ humanly inflicted, Matt. 20:22-23; Mark 10:38-39;
(e) of “participating” in the abominations imparted by the corrupt religious and
commercial systems emanating from Babylon, Rev. 18:3; (f) of “receiving” divine
judgment, through partaking unworthily of the Lord’s Supper, 1 Cor. 11:29; (g) of
“experiencing” the wrath of God, Rev. 14:10; 16:6; (h) of the earth’s “receiving” the
benefits of rain, Heb. 6:7.
2.
$
(
"
, 3184), from
$
, “wine, to be drunk,” is used in John 2:10 in
the passive voice, and is translated in the
RV
, “have drunk freely”;
KJV
, “have well
drunk.” See
DRUNK
.
3.
(
&
, 4222), “to give to drink, to make to drink,” is used (a) in the
material sense, in Matt. 10:42, 25:35, 37, 42 (here of “ministering” to those who beiong
to Christ and thus doing so virtually to Him); 27:48; Mark 9:41; 15:36; Luke 13:15 (“to
watering”); Rom. 12:20; 1 Cor. 3:7-8; (b) figuratively, with reference to “teaching” of an
elementary character, 1 Cor. 3:2, “I fed (you with milk)”; of “spiritual watering by
teaching” the Word of God, 3:6; of being “provided” and “satisfied” by the power and
blessing of the Spirit of God, 1 Cor. 12:13; of the effect upon the nations of “partaking”
of the abominable mixture, provided by Babylon, of paganism with details of the
Christian faith Rev. 14:8. See
FEED
,
WATER
.¶
4.
$
(
&
, 4844), “to drink together” (
$
, “with,” and B, No. 1), is found
in Acts 10:41.¶
5.
$
(
% $ !
, 5202), “to drink water” (
$
, “water,”
, “to
drink”), is found in 1 Tim. 5:23,
RV
, “be (no longer) a drinker of water.”¶
DRIVE, DRIVEN, DRAVE, DROVE
1.
(
#
1
, 1544) denotes, lit., “to cast forth,” with the suggestion of force
( , “out,”
, “to cast”); hence “to drive out or forth.” It is translated “driveth” in
Mark 1:12,
RV
, “driveth forth.” In John 2:15 for the
KJV
, “drove,” the
RV
has “cast,” the
more usual translation. See
CAST
, No. 5.