Word Study · Strong's H4887 · Hebrew
מְשַׁח
meshach
mesh-akh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉshach
“oil”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
oil
Rendered in the KJV as
oil.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- וּמְשַׁ֗ח1
- מְשַׁ֖ח1
How it is rendered · 2
- and oil1
- oil1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- AC/Ncbsa · 1
- ANcbsa · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 6:9וּמְשַׁ֗חumeshachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularWhatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.here: and oil
- Ezra 7:22מְשַׁ֖חmeshachnoun · masculine or feminine singularup to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.here: oil
