נֶסֶךְ
neçek · neh'-sek
a libation; also a cast idol
Lexicon
Derivation: or נֵסֶךְ; from H5258 (נָסַךְ);
a libation; also a cast idol
- a libation
- also, a cast idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cover, drink offering, molten image.
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 נֶסֶךְ 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
64 occurrences · 64 OT · 0 NT · 46 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and their drink offerings13 · 20%
- and his drink offering12 · 19%
- drink offerings8 · 13%
- and the drink offering5 · 8%
- for a drink offering4 · 6%
- a drink offering2 · 3%
- and drink offerings2 · 3%
- for his molten image2 · 3%
- and according to the drink offering1 · 2%
- drink offering1 · 2%
- to cover withal1 · 2%
- and for a drink offering1 · 2%
- and as the drink offering1 · 2%
- of it, and their drink offerings1 · 2%
- thereof, and their drink offerings1 · 2%
- and for your drink offerings1 · 2%
- his drink offering1 · 2%
- with their drink offerings1 · 2%
- and the drink offerings1 · 2%
- god: their drink offerings1 · 2%
- their molten images1 · 2%
- and my molten image1 · 2%
- there their drink offerings1 · 2%
- and a drink offering1 · 2%
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.