Nasakh נָסַךְ

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Nasakh
נָסַךְ
Transliterationnasakh
Strong's numberH5258 (H5258A, H5258B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto pour
Occurrences25 in 24 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (7)

Nasakh (Hebrew נָסַךְ, Strong's H5258) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to pour”. It occurs 25 times in 24 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5258A: to pour

1) 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)

H5258B: to install

1) to set, install
1a) (Qal) to install
1b) (Niphal) to be installed

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVout (12), poured (3), cover (3), offer (2), pour (1), set (1), up (1), melteth (1), molten (1)
BSBpoured out (5), pour out (4), pouring drink offerings (2), instead he poured it out (2), casts (2), pouring out (2), he poured out (1), pour (1), installed (1), i was established (1), has poured out (1), who form (1), and 2 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Nasakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

2 Samuel

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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