מְשַׁח
meshach · oil
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H4887 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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meshach (מְשַׁח) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “oil”.
(Aramaic).
How to say it
me·shach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Olive oil used in worship and at the table (Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 6:9
And whatever is needed, young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the Elah of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are in Jerusalem, let it be given to them day by day without negligence,
- Ezra 7:22
up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without measure.