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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4902 - מֶשֶׁךְ

Transliteration

Meshek

Phonetics

meh'-shek

Origin

the same in form as (H4901), but probably of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out"
1. son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of Israel
  1. descendants of Mesech often mentioned in connection with Tubal, Magog, and other northern nations including the Moschi, a people on the borders of Colchis and Armenia

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Ezekiel 5

BSB (9)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Ezekiel 5

CSB (9)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Ezekiel 5

ESV (8)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Ezekiel 5

KJV (9)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Ezekiel 5

LEB (9)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Ezekiel 5

LSB (10)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 5

N95 (9)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 5

NAS (10)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 5

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Ezekiel 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. מֶ֫שֶׁךְ proper name, of a people the Moschi (Greek Μοσχοι, see below; Assyrian Mušku, Muški, Dl^{Par 250 E.} Schr^{COT Genesis 10:2}; KGF 155 ff.; compare Sabean משך Hal²⁴³); — 'son' of Japheth Genesis 10:2 (P), between תֻּבָל and תִּירָס, = 1 Chronicles 1:5; also, מֶ֑שֶׁךְ, probably error, 1 Chronicles 1:17 (see מַשׁ); מֶ֑שֶׁךְ Psalm 120:5 ("" קֵדָר; here without תֻּבָל); ׳תּוּבַל וּמ Ezekiel 27:13; compare Ezekiel 32:26; Ezekiel 38:2 (both + תֻּבָל); so also ᵐ5 Isaiah 66:19 (Lo Sta^{Javan 8} Du Che^Hpt; see above מָשַׁךְ 2); וְתֻבָ֑ל׳גּוֺג נְשִׂיא ראֹשׁ מ Ezekiel 38:3; Ezekiel 39:1. ᵐ5 Μοσοχ (Μεσοχ), Samaritan מושׁ(י)ך. — On identification compare Boch.; in Assyrian times they dwelt in west (or northwest) Armenia (compare Schr^l.c.); in Persian times apparently farther northeast (southeast of Euxine Sea), compare Μοσχοι καὶ Τιβαρηνοι Herod^{iii. 94; vii. 78}; also Di^{Genesis 10:2 and} Che^{Encycl. Blb. Art. Geogr. (Biblical)}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מֶשֶׁךְ

(1) a drawing out, Psalms 126:6, מֶשֶׁךְ הַזֶּרַע “the drawing out of seed,” i.e. its being scattered along the furrows (compare Amos 9:13).

(2) possession, from the signification of holding, Job 28:18.

(3) [Meshech], pr.n. Moschi, a barbarous people inhabiting the Moschian mountains, between Iberia, Armenia, and Colchis, Psalms 120:5, almost always joined with the neighbouring Tibareni (תֻּבַל, תּוּבַל), Genesis 10:2; Ezekiel 27:13, 32:26 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3, 39:1 just as in Herodotus (iii. 94; vii. 78), Μόσχοι καὶ Τιβαρηνοί. A pronunciation more near to the Greek form is found in the Samaritan copy (Eph 1:1-23 Act 8:1-40 Act 4:1-37); LXX. Μοσόχ; Vulg. Mosoch.

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List of Word Forms

וָמֶ֔שֶׁךְ וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ ומשך ומשך׃ מֶ֑שֶׁךְ מֶ֣שֶׁךְ מֶ֤שֶׁךְ מֶ֥שֶׁךְ משך me·šeḵ mešeḵ Meshech ū·me·šeḵ ūmešeḵ uMeshech vaMeshech wā·me·šeḵ wāmešeḵ