נָסַךְ
nâçak · naw-sak'
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking
- to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal)
- by analogy, to anoint aking
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).
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
- 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 open hand that covers
The seed, life continuing that works to support and uphold of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָסַךְ 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and to pour out4 · 16%
- and poured out3 · 12%
- and he poured1 · 4%
- thereof, to cover1 · 4%
- neither shall ye pour1 · 4%
- to cover1 · 4%
- to be poured1 · 4%
- thereof, but poured it out1 · 4%
- and poured1 · 4%
- of it, but poured it out1 · 4%
- yet have i set1 · 4%
- will i not offer1 · 4%
- i was set up1 · 4%
- hath poured out1 · 4%
- but not of me; and that cover1 · 4%
- melteth1 · 4%
- or molten1 · 4%
- and have poured out1 · 4%
- her, and pour out1 · 4%
- they shall not offer1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.