σίκερα, τό,
fermented liquor, strong drink, LXX [Lev 10:9], Is. 24.9, Ev.[Luk 1:15], Gal. 19.693. (Cf. Hebr. ðçkâr. )
G4608 — σίκερα
τό (Hebrew שֵׁכָר (rather, according to Kautzsch (Gram., p. 11) for שִׁכְרָא (properly, σικρα) the stative emphatic of שְׁכַר (literally, 'intoxicating' drink))), indeclinable (Winers Grammar, 68 (66); Buttmann, 24 (21)) (yet Eusebius, praep. evang. 6, 10, 8 has a genitive σικερος (and Sophocles in his Lex. quotes from Cyrill. Alex. 1, 1041 d. (edited by Migne) a genitive σικερατος), strong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine (except in [Num 28:7] (cf. [Isa 28:7])); it was a factitious product, made of a mixture of sweet ingredients, whether derived from grain and vegetables, or from the juice of fruits (dates), or a decoction of honey: [Luk 1:15] ([Lev 10:9]; [Num 6:3]; [Deu 14:25] (); , etc.; the same Hebrew word is rendered also by μέθυσμα, [Jdg 13:4], [Jdg 13:7], [Jdg 13:14]; [Mic 2:11]). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Wein, künstlicher; (B. D., under the word ).
† σίκερα , τό ,
indecl .
(Aram. שִׁכְרָא ),
[in LXX for H7941 (also rendered μέθυσμα , [Jdg 13:4], [Mic 2:11]), [Lev 10:9], al. ;]
fermented liquor, strong drink: [Luk 1:15]. †