Nesheq — H5402

Definition

masculine noun

military equipment, i.e. (collectively) arms (offensive or defensive), or (concretely) an arsenal

1. equipment, weapons, armoury
1. equipment, weapons
2. armoury

Usually translated as

armed men, battle, harness, weapon, armour, armoury

Origin

or nêsheq; from H5401

• Derived from Nâshaq (H5401)

Greek equivalents

• bélos (G956)
• hóplon (G3696)
• pólemos (G4171)

Occurrences

Nesheq occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (2)

• 1 Kings 10:25 — And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and (וְנֵ֣שֶׁק) armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
• 2 Kings 10:2 — Now 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 (וְהַנָּֽשֶׁק), and armour;
• 2 Chronicles 9:24 — And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness (נֵ֣שֶׁק), and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
• Nehemiah 3:19 — And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to (הַנֶּ֖שֶׁק) the armoury at the turning of the wall.
• Job 20:24 — He shall flee from the iron weapon (מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק), and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
• Job 39:21 — He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men (נָֽשֶׁק).
• Psalms 140:7 — O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle (נָֽשֶׁק).
• Isaiah 22:8 — And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the (נֶ֖שֶׁק) armour of the house of the forest.
• Ezekiel 39:9 — And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons (בְּנֶ֨שֶׁק), both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
• Ezekiel 39:10 — So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons (בַנֶּ֖שֶׁק) with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.