סָבָא çâbâʼ

Meaning

to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy

In the King James Version: drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 21:20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
• Proverbs 23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
• Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
• Isaiah 56:12 “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
• Nahum 1:10 For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.