Weapon
נֶ֫שֶׁקStrong’s H5402nesheq (ne-sheq)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nesheq is the Hebrew word usually translated “weaponry”, “armory” and “from a weapon of”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.”
Meaning
- Equipment, weapons, armouryequipment, weapons · armoury
How it's translated
- weaponry 3
- and weaponry 2
- the armory 1
- from a weapon of 1
- weaponry of 1
- with weapon 1
- with the weapon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Ezekiel 2
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Nehemiah 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 10:2Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
- 2 Chronicles 9:24And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- Nehemiah 3:19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
- Job 20:24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
- Job 39:21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
- Psalms 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Hebrew dictionary
נֶ֫שֶׁק nesheq · weapon
1) equipment, weapons, armoury 1a) equipment, weapons 1b) armoury
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “weapon” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEAPON, noun
[G., Latin ]
- Any instrument of offense; any thing used or designed to be used in destroying or annoying an enemy.
- An instrument for contest, or for combating enemies.“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal” 2 Corinthians 10:4
- An instrument of defense.
- Weapons, in botany, arms; thorns, prickles, and stings, with which plants are furnished for defense; enumerated among the fulcres by Linne.
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.