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Lexicon :: Strong's H4945 - mašqê

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מַשְׁקֶה
Transliteration
mašqê
Pronunciation
mash-keh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2452c

Strong’s Definitions

מַשְׁקֶה mashqeh, mash-keh'; from H8248; properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region:—butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H4945 in the following manner: drink (2x), drinking (2x), watered (1x), butlership (1x), fat pastures (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H4945 in the following manner: drink (2x), drinking (2x), watered (1x), butlership (1x), fat pastures (1x).

  1. irrigation, drink

    1. irrigation

    2. drink, drinking vessels

    3. butlership (office of butler)

  2. butler, cup-bearer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַשְׁקֶה mashqeh, mash-keh'; from H8248; properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region:—butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.
STRONGS H4945: Abbreviations
† I. מַשְׁקֶה noun masculine butler, cup-bearer (properly Participle
Hiph. = one giving drink); — absolute מ׳ Genesis 40:5 (E), Nehemiah 1:11, construct מַשְׁקֵה Genesis 40:1, suffix מַשְׁקֵ֫הוּ Genesis 40:13, plural מַשְׁקִים Genesis 40:2; Genesis 40:9; Genesis 40:20; Genesis 40:21; Genesis 40:23; Genesis 41:9 (all E); suffix מַשְׁקָיו 1 Kings 10:5 2 Chronicles 9:4 (> II. מ׳).

† II. מַשְׁקֶה noun masculineLeviticus 11:34 irrigation, drink; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 13:10; Leviticus 11:34, construct מַשְׁקֵה 1 Kings 10:21 + 3 times; suffix מַשְׁקֵ֫הוּ Genesis 40:21; —
1. irrigation Genesis 13:10 (J; abstract for concrete, =) well-irrigated, of land; Ezekiel 45:15 (< Greek Version of the LXX Co Siegf Berthol Toy Krae מִשְׁפְּחוֹת; Gr מִקְנֵה).
2. drink Isaiah 32:6; Leviticus 11:34; כְּלֵי מ׳ drinking-vessels 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20.
3. = office of butler, butlership Genesis 40:21(E).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:10; 13:10; 40:1; 40:2; 40:5; 40:9; 40:13; 40:20; 40:21; 40:21; 40:21; 40:23; 41:9

Leviticus

11:34; 11:34; 11:34

1 Kings

10:5; 10:21; 10:21

2 Chronicles

9:4; 9:20

Nehemiah

1:11

Isaiah

32:6

Ezekiel

45:15

H4945

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4945 matches the Hebrew מַשְׁקֶה (mašqê),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - So Lot looked and saw that the valley of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; [it was all] like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar [at the south end of the Dead Sea].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 -

Now some time later, the cupbearer (butler) and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, Egypt’s king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - Pharaoh ([fn]Sesostris II) was extremely angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Then the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man with his [own significant] dream and each dream with its [personal] interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:9 -

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream there was a grapevine in front of me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head (present you in public) and restore you to your position; and you will [again] put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand just as [you did] when you were his cupbearer.

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Now on the third day, [which was] the Pharaoh’s birthday, he [released the two men from prison and] made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker [that is, presented them in public] among his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - He restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and the cupbearer [once again] put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:23 - Yet [even after all that] the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot [all about] him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:9 -

Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I would mention my faults today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - ‘Any of the food which may be eaten, but on which [unclean] water falls, shall become unclean, and any liquid that may be drunk in every container shall become unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - the food on his table, the seating of his servants (court officials), the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, his [fn]stairway by which he went up to the house (temple) of the LORD, she was breathless and awed [by the wonder of it all].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - and the food of his table, the [vast] seating order of his officials, the attendance and service of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and his [fn]stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, she was breathless.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - “Please, O Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to [reverently] fear Your Name [Your essence, Your nature, Your attributes, with awe]; and make Your servant successful this day and grant him compassion in the sight of this man [the king].”

For I was [fn]cupbearer to the king [of Persia].

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For the fool speaks nonsense,

And his heart (mind) plans wickedness:

To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the LORD,

To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfied

And to deprive the thirsty of drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - and [you shall offer] one sheep out of every flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings to make atonement for [those who brought] them,” says the Lord GOD.
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