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HebrewH4945Noun (Masculine)

מַשְׁקֶה

mash.qeh

18Occurrences
H4945Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region

from H8248 (שָׁקָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
butler, cup-bearer

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַשְׁקֶה appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
10
1 Kings
2
2 Chronicles
2
Ezk
1
Isaiah
1
Leviticus
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 10:5BSB

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

2 Chronicles 9:20BSB

All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

Genesis 40:1BSB

Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:9BSB

So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

Genesis 40:21BSB

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.