Libation
נָסִיךְStrong’s H5257nesikh (ne-sikh)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nesikh is the Hebrew word usually translated “princes of”, “drink-offering their” and “princes their”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.”
Meaning
- Poured out, libation, molten imagelibation, drink-offering · molten image
- Prince, anointed one
How it's translated
- princes of 3
- drink-offering their 1
- princes their 1
- molten images their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- Joshua 1
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
- Daniel 1
- Micah 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 32:38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
- Joshua 13:21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- Psalms 83:11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
- Ezekiel 32:30There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
- Micah 5:5And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Hebrew dictionary
נָסִיךְ nesikh · libation
1) poured out, libation, molten image 1a) libation, drink-offering 1b) molten image
נָסִיךְ nesikh · prince
prince, anointed one
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “libation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIBA'TION, noun
[Latin libatio, from libo, to pour out, to taste.]
- The act of pouring a liquor, usually wine, either on the ground, or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity.
- The wine or other liquor poured out in honor of a deity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.