Word Study · Strong's H4902 · Hebrew
מֶשֶׁךְ
Meshek
meh'-shek
“Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him
Rendered in the KJV as
Mesech, Meshech.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ2
- מֶ֥שֶׁךְ2
- וָמֶ֔שֶׁךְ1
- וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ ס1
- מֶ֑שֶׁךְ1
- מֶ֤שֶׁךְ1
- מֶ֣שֶׁךְ1
How it is rendered · 2
- Meshech5
- and Meshech4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)5
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 5
- HC/Npm · 3
- HC/Npl · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis1 occurrence
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:5וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְumeshekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.here: and Meshech
- 1 Chronicles 1:17וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ סvameshekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.here: and Meshech
Psalms1 occurrence
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 27:13וָמֶ֔שֶׁךְvameshekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.here: and Meshech
- Ezekiel 32:26מֶ֤שֶׁךְmeshekhproper noun (a name)Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.here: Meshech
- Ezekiel 38:2מֶ֣שֶׁךְmeshekhproper noun (a name)“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against himhere: Meshech
- Ezekiel 38:3מֶ֥שֶׁךְmeshekhproper noun (a name)and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.here: Meshech
- Ezekiel 39:1מֶ֥שֶׁךְmeshekhproper noun (a name)“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.here: Meshech
Same headword in Strong's