נָסַךְ nasakh
Hebrew word for “to pour” · Strong’s H5258 · used 25 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) to pour out, pour, offer, cast;
Senses in the lexicon
- to pour (23)
- to install (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for nasakh in context, with how often each is used:
- poured out 8
- pour out 6
- will pour out 2
- pouring out 2
- will be poured out 1
- must pour out 1
- has poured out 1
- has cast 1
- has he cast? 1
- have installed 1
- installed 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 44 (4), Genesis 35 (1), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 37 (1), Numbers 28 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1), 2 Kings 16 (1), 1 Chronicles 11 (1), Psalms 2 (1)
Forms
- והסך 4
- ויסך 3
- נסך 3
- יסך 2
- ולהסך 2
- נסכתי 2
- תסכו 1
- הסך 1
- וינסך 1
- אסיך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nasakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נֶסֶךְ nesekh “drink offering” 13
- מְלֶכֶת melekhet “queen” 5
- קָטַר qatar “to offer” 7
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 6
- אַחֵר acher “another” 4
- כַּוָּן kavvan “bun” 2
- קַשְׂוָה qasah “jug” 2
- מְנַקִּיָּה menaqqiyyah “bowl” 2
- הָ ha “her” 4
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 4
- קְעָרָה qearah “dish” 2
- שָׁאַב shaav “to draw” 2
Key verses
The verses using nasakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 25:29 — And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
- Psalms 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Psalms 16:4 — Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
- Isaiah 29:10 — For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
- Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin…
- Isaiah 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- Jeremiah 7:18 — The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink…
- Jeremiah 19:13 — And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they…
- Jeremiah 32:29 — And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense…
- Jeremiah 44:17 — But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her,…
- Ezekiel 20:28 — For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and…
- Hosea 9:4 — They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all…
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
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.