neshek · weapons, armory

What it means

neshek (נֶשֶׁק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “weapons, armory”.

Weapons, equipment for war; also the place where it is kept.

How to say it

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

1. The instruments with which men fight: bows, arrows, shields and spears.
2. A building or place where weapons were kept.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• weapons ×7
• armory ×2
• weapon ×1

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×2

• 1 Kings 10:25

  And they were bringing, each his tribute: utensils of silver and utensils of gold, and cloaks, and weapons, and spices, horses and mules, what was due for a year, year by year.

• 2 Kings 10:2

  “Now, as soon as this letter comes to you, since with you are the sons of your master, and with you are the chariots and the horses and a fortified city and the weapons,

• 2 Chronicles 9:24

  They brought each his tribute: utensils of silver and utensils of gold, cloaks, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, what was due for the year, year by year.

• Nehemiah 3:19

  And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired a second section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the angle.

• Job 20:24

  He will flee from the weapon of iron; the bow of bronze will pierce him.

• Job 39:21

  He paws in the valley and rejoices in strength; he goes out to meet the weapons.

• Psalms 140:7

  YHWH Adonai, strength of my salvation, you have covered my head on the day of weapons.

• Isaiah 22:8

  And he removed the covering of Judah, and you looked on that day to the armory of the House of the Forest.

• Ezekiel 39:9

  And the inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go out, and they will make fires and kindle them with weapons, both shield and large shield, with bow and with arrows, and with hand staff and with spear; and they will make fires with them for seven years.

• Ezekiel 39:10

  And they will not carry wood from the field nor cut wood from the forests, for with the weapons they will make fires; and they will despoil those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares Adonai YHWH.