Drink (-eth, -er, -ing), Drank
Drink (-eth, -er, -ing), Drank
akin to B, No. 1, denotes “the thing drunk” (from a root po—, found in the Eng., “portion;” it is connected with the root pi—; see B, No. 3), 1Co 10:4; Heb 9:10.
akin to B, No. 1, suggests “the act of drinking,” Joh 6:55 (where it is practically equivalent to No. 1); Rom 14:17, “drinking,” RV; Col 2:16.
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,” Luk 1:15. In the Sept., Lev 10:9; Num 6:3; Num 28:7; Deu 14:26; Deu 29:6; Isa 5:11, Isa 5:22; Isa 24:9; Isa 28:7; Isa 29:9.
“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, Joh 6:53-54, Joh 6:56; (b) of “receiving” spiritually that which refreshes, strengthens and nourishes the soul, Joh 7:37; (c) of “deriving” spiritual life from Christ, Joh 4:14, as Israel did typically, 1Co 10:4; (d) of “sharing” in the sufferings of Christ humanly inflicted, Mat 20:22-23; Mar 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, 1Co 11:29; (g) of “experiencing” the wrath of God, Rev 14:10; Rev 16:6; (h) of the earth’s “receiving” the benefits of rain, Heb 6:7.
from methu, “wine, to be drunk,” is used in Joh 2:10 in the Passive Voice, and is translated in the RV, “have drunk freely;” AV, “have well drunk.” See DRUNK.
“to give to drink, to make to drink,” is used (a) in the material sense, in Mat 10:42; Mat 25:35, Mat 25:37, Mat 25:42 (here of “ministering” to those who belong to Christ and thus doing so virtually to Him); Mat 27:48; Mar 9:41; Mar 15:36; Luk 13:15 (“to watering”); Rom 12:20; 1Co 3:7-8; (b) figuratively, with reference to “teaching” of an elementary character, 1Co 3:2, “I fed (you with milk);” of “spiritual watering by teaching” the Word of God, 1Co 3:6; of being “provided” and “satisfied” by the power and blessing of the Spirit of God, 1Co 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.
“to drink together” (sun, “with,” and B, No. 1), is found in Act 10:41.
“to drink water” (hudor, “water,” poteo, “to drink”), is found in 1Ti 5:23, RV, “be (no longer) a drinker of water.”