נְסִיךְ
nᵉçîyk · nes-eek'
properly, something poured out, i.e. a libation; also a molten image; by implication, a prince (as anointed)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5258 (נָסַךְ);
properly, something poured out, i.e. a libation; also a molten image; by implication, a prince (as anointed)
- properly, something poured out, i.e. a libation
- also, a molten image
- by implication, a prince (as anointed)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drink offering, duke, prince(-ipal).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to support and uphold › the hand that works › the open hand that covers
The seed, life continuing that works to support and uphold of the hand that works of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְסִיךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of their drink offerings1 · 17%
- which were dukes1 · 17%
- yea, all their princes1 · 17%
- there be the princes1 · 17%
- with their princes1 · 17%
- principal1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.