Strong's Concordance mesheq: acquisition, possession Original Word: מֶשֶׁקPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: mesheq Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-shek) Definition: acquisition, possession NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definition acquisition, possession NASB Translation heir* (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מֶ֫שֶׁק noun [masculine] acquisition, possession (?; meaning conjectured from context, from analogy of מִמְשָׁק q. v., and of משׁך), only וּבֶןמֶֿשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר Genesis 15:2 (compare בן 8 (λ), above; Ges§ 128. 2, R. 2. c) and the son of acquisition (= he who is to acquire, the heir of) my house is, etc.; ׳מ possibly changed from משׁך (compare Job 28:18) for word-play with דמשׂק, Kau and SoGn. Anm. 62, or by copyist's error, but very dubious. ᵐ5 Μασεκ (proper name, compare LagBN 78). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance steward From an unused root meaning to hold; possession -- + steward. Forms and Transliterations מֶ֣שֶׁק משק me·šeq mešeq MeshekLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 15:2 HEB: עֲרִירִ֑י וּבֶן־ מֶ֣שֶׁק בֵּיתִ֔י ה֖וּא INT: childless afflicted steward of my house this |