Strong Drink

An alcoholic beverage made from grain.

About Strong Drink

A strong drink is any kind of alcoholic drink.

It was forbidden to:

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Form, use in ancient daily life, and how translators render the term.

Key References

Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

Hosea 4:18

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

All Scripture References (4)

Isaiah (1)
Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

Hosea (1)
Hosea 4:18

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

Nahum (1)
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.

Luke (1)
Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.