מַשְׁקֶה mashqeh

Hebrew word for “cupbearer” · Strong’s H4945 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

butler, cup-bearer

Senses in the lexicon

• cupbearer (13)
• irrigation (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for mashqeh in context, with how often each is used:

• cup bearers 6
• cup bearer 4
• drink 4
• cup-bearers 2
• cup bearing 1
• well-watered 1
• well-watered land 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 40 (8), 1 Kings 10 (2), 2 Chronicles 9 (2), Genesis 13 (1), Genesis 41 (1), Leviticus 11 (1), Nehemiah 1 (1), Isaiah 32 (1), Ezekiel 45 (1)

Forms

• משׁקה 6
• המשׁקים 6
• משׁקהו 2
• ומשׁקיו 2
• המשׁקה 1
• ומשׁקה 1
• ממשׁקה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mashqeh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָפָה aphah “to bake” 4
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 6
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 5
• מַעֲמָד maamad “office” 2
• מַלְבּוּשׁ malbush “garment” 2
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 4
• כּוֹס kos “cup” 2
• מַאֲכָל maakhal “food” 2
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 3
• מְאוּמָה meumah “anything” 2
• מוֹשָׁב moshav “seat” 2
• חֲלוֹם chalom “dream” 2

Key verses

The verses using mashqeh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 13:10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the…
• Genesis 40:2 — And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
• Genesis 40:5 — And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the…
• Genesis 40:13 — Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former…
• Genesis 40:20 — And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and…
• 1 Kings 10:5 — And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which…
• 1 Kings 10:21 — And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was…
• 2 Chronicles 9:4 — And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and…
• 2 Chronicles 9:20 — And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it…
• Nehemiah 1:11 — O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and…
• Isaiah 32:6 — For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of…
• Ezekiel 45:15 — And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.