מֶשֶׁךְ
meshech · acquisition, possession
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4901 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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meshech (מֶשֶׁךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “acquisition, possession”.
What is drawn out or acquired; a possession; also a sowing.
How to say it
me·shech
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
- Getting something valuable after seeking it; this is how wisdom is spoken of.
- What one carries to scatter the seed.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- acquiring ×1
- bag ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 28:18
Coral and rock crystal will not be mentioned; and the acquiring of wisdom is worth more than pearls.
- Psalms 126:6
Going he goes and weeping, the one who carries the bag of seed; coming he will come with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.