נָשַׁק
nâshaq · naw-shak'
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with H5400 (נָשַׂק), through the idea of fastening up; compare H2388 (חָזַק), H2836 (חָשַׁק));
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
- to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch)
- also, (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָשַׁק 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
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and kissed5 · 14%
- kissed4 · 11%
- him, and kissed3 · 9%
- kiss2 · 6%
- now, and kiss1 · 3%
- me to kiss1 · 3%
- and kissed him1 · 3%
- be ruled1 · 3%
- moreover he kissed1 · 3%
- unto him; and he kissed1 · 3%
- upon him, and kissed1 · 3%
- then she kissed1 · 3%
- and they kissed1 · 3%
- to kiss1 · 3%
- which hath not kissed1 · 3%
- let me, i pray thee, kiss1 · 3%
- they were armed1 · 3%
- and with him armed men1 · 3%
- hath kissed1 · 3%
- being armed1 · 3%
- have kissed1 · 3%
- every man shall kiss1 · 3%
- let him kiss1 · 3%
- i would kiss1 · 3%
- that touched1 · 3%
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.