Strong's Lexicon

H4943

H4943 — מֶשֶׁק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmesheqnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1261a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4943
Word:מֶשֶׁק
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to hold
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:mesheq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:meh'-shek
Meaning:1. possession
KJV Renderings:+ steward.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4886

מֶ֫שֶׁק noun [masculine] acquisition, possession (?; meaning conjectured from context, from analogy of מִמְשָׁק q. v., and of משׁך), only וּבֶןמֶֿשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר Gen 15:2 (compare בן 8 (λ), above; Ges«GKC:128»§ 128. 2, R. 2. c) and the son of acquisition (= he who is to acquire, the heir of) my house is, etc.; ׳ מ possibly changed from משׁך (compare Job 28:18) for word-play with דמשׂק , Kau and SoGn. Anm. 62 , or by copyist's error, but very dubious. ᵐ5 Μασεκ (proper name, compare LagBN 78).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ממשק (mim-shak')

Zephaniah 2:9

KJV: Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
EHCC: the breeding of nettles,
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