אֶשְׁכָּר
eshkar · gift, tribute
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H814 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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eshkar (אֶשְׁכָּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gift, tribute”.
A present, a gift offered as tribute to a king. A rare word.
How to say it
esh·kar
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
- An offering brought to a king as a sign of submission.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- as your gift ×1
- gifts ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands will pay tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.
- Ezekiel 27:15
The sons of Dedan were your traders; many coastlands were the market of your hand; horns of ivory and ebony they brought back as your gift.