Strongs Number: H4902
- Hebrew Word
- מֶשֶׁךְ
- Transliteration
- Meshek
- Phonetic
- meh'-shek
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
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{Meshek} a son of {Japheth} and the people descendant from him
- BDB Definition
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Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out"
1. son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of Israel
a. descendants of Mesech often mentioned in connection with Tubal, Magog, and other northern nations including the Moschi, a people on the borders of Colchis and Armenia
- Origin
- The same in form as {H4901 } but probably of foreign derivation
- Bible Usage
- {Mesech} Meshech.