To pour
נְסַךְStrong’s H5260nesakh (ne-sakh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Nesakh is the Aramaic word usually translated “offer in sacrifice”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.”
Meaning
- To pour out, offer sacrifice(Pael) to pour out, offer (a sacrifice)
How it's translated
- to offer in sacrifice 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Aramaic dictionary
נְסַךְ nesakh · to pour
1) to pour out, offer sacrifice 1a) (Pael) to pour out, offer (a sacrifice)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pour” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
POUR, verb transitive
- To throw, as a fluid in a stream, either out of a vessel, or into it; as, to pour water from a pail, or out of a pail; to pour wine into a decanter. pour is appropriately but not exclusively applied to fluids, and signifies merely to cast or throw, and this sense is modified by out, from, in, into, against, on, upon, under, etc.“I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh” Joel 2:28
- To emit; to send forth in a stream or continued succession.
- To send forth; as, to pour out words, prayers or sighs; to pour out the heart or soul. Psalms 62:8
- To throw in profusion or with overwhelming force.“I will shortly pour out my fury on thee” Ezekiel 7:8
All definitions and other forms of “pour”
POUR, verb intransitive
To flow; to issue forth in a stream, or continued succession of parts; to move or rush, as a current. The torrent pours down from the mountain, or along the steep descent.
- To rush in a crowd or continued procession.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.