Cupbearer
מַשְׁקֶהStrong’s H8248mashqeh (mash-qeh)
Appears in 59 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mashqeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “water”, “watered” and “made drink”. It appears in 59 verses of the Old Testament.
“But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”
Meaning
- Butler, cup-bearer
- To give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water(Hiphil) · (Pual) to be watered · (Niphal) variant
How it's translated
- to water 4
- and he watered 3
- and they made drink 2
- i will give a drink to 2
- and she gave a drink him 2
- give to drink me 2
- will he give to drink me 2
- and it watered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 18
- Psalms 7
- Jeremiah 7
- Exodus 4
- Numbers 4
- Job 2
21 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 2:10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
- Genesis 19:32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 19:33And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 19:35And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 21:19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
All 59 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מַשְׁקֶה mashqeh · cupbearer
butler, cup-bearer
שָׁקָה shaqah · to water
: watering(ANIMALS/PLANTS) 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cupbearer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CUPBEARER, noun
An attendant of a prince or at a feast, who conveys wine or other liquors to the guests; an officer of the kings household.
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.