Hebrew · Strong's H4902 · Name
מֶשֶׁךְ
me·shekh
Meshech
2times used
2verses
2books
How it's translated
- and meshech2
Definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2;
son of: Japheth (H3315);
brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422) and Tiras (H8494)
§ Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out"
1) son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of Israel
1a) 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
Where it appears
- Genesis1
- 1 Chronicles1
Every verse
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