נָסַךְ
na.sakh
“to pour”
Definition
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking
a primitive root;
- to pour out, pour, offer, cast 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour out 1a2) to cast metal images 1a3) to anoint (a king) 1b) (Niphal) to be anointed 1c) (Piel) to pour out (as a libation) 1d) (Hiphil) to pour out libations 1e) (Hophal) to be poured out Aramaic equivalent: ne.sakh (*נְסַךְ *"to pour" H5260)
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
נָסַךְ appears 24 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.
They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD,and their sacrifices will not please Him,but will be to them like the bread of mourners;all who eat will be defiled.For their bread will be for themselves;it will not enter the house of the LORD.
Who fashions a god or casts an idolwhich profits him nothing?
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
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