DRINK, DRINKING (שָׁתָה֮, H9272, שָׁקָה, H9197; πίνω, G4403). The Eng. tr. of a number of Heb. and Gr. terms used in the Scriptures in the following ways: (1) in the ordinary sense of the bodily consumption of fluids such as water, wine, grape juice, milk, vinegar, etc., but even this to be done to God’s glory (1 Cor 10:31); (2) symbolic of the spiritual expression of one’s faith in God (Isa 32:6; John 6:54, 55; 7:37; 1 Cor 10:4); (3) symbolic of Christ’s acceptance of God’s will (John 18:11) and of the disciples’ participation in Christ’s suffering (Matt 20:22, 23); (4) the means by which Christians participate in the sacrament of the Lord’s Table (Matt 26:27; 1 Cor 10:21; 11:25); (5) “giving drink” as an indication of Christian love and compassion (Matt 25:35-46); (6) symbolic of the reception of God’s judgment and wrath (Job 21:20; Ps 75:8; Rev 14:10); (7) symbolic of sinners’ participation in all kinds of evil and evil practice (Job 15:16; Prov 4:17; 26:6); (8) “drink blood,” symbolic of blood slaughter against one’s enemies (Ezek 39:18); (9) used also to describe the process by which the earth is watered by the rain from heaven (Heb 6:7).