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Strong's H4945 מַשְׁקֶה (mashqeh)

Mashqeh means “watered” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4945 — synomosia (“comspiracy”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4945
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 18
Books 7

Strong's H4945 Quick Answer

Strong's H4945 מַשׁקֶה (mashqeh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mashqeh (mash-keh') n-m. 1. (properly) causing to drink, i.e. a butler 2. (by implication) (intransitively), drink (itself) It has 18 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include cup, drink, cupbearers, drinking, and cupbearer. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mashqeh (mash-keh') n-m. 1. (properly) causing to drink, i.e. a butler 2. (by implication) (intransitively), drink (itself)
Usage
18 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
cup, drink, cupbearers, drinking, and cupbearer

Meaning and Definition

mashqeh (mash-keh') n-m. 1. (properly) causing to drink, i.e. a butler 2. (by implication) (intransitively), drink (itself) 3. (figuratively) a well-watered region [from H8248] KJV: butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered. Root(s): H8248

Original Word
מַשׁקֶה
Transliteration
mashqeh
Derivation
Root: שׁקה First root strongs: 8248
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4945. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4945 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mashqeh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

cup Genesis 40:13 cupbearers 1 Kings 10:5 drink Leviticus 11:34 drinking 1 Kings 10:21 cupbearer Nehemiah 1:11

How Strong's H4945 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4945 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4945 in the Old Testament

18 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 13:10 KJV

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 40:1 KJV

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:2 KJV

And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

Usage Excerpts

First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4945.

Genesis 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Genesis 40:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
Genesis 40:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
Genesis 40:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
Genesis 40:13 Old Testament, KJV
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Genesis 40:20 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Genesis 40:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Genesis 40:23 Old Testament, KJV
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Genesis 41:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Leviticus 11:34 Old Testament, KJV
Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
1 Kings 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 10:21 Old Testament, KJV
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
2 Chronicles 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Nehemiah 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Isaiah 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Ezekiel 45:15 Old Testament, KJV
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4945, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4945 FAQ

What does mashqeh (מַשְׁקֶה) mean?

Mashqeh (Strong's H4945) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "watered". mashqeh (mash-keh') n-m. 1. (properly) causing to drink, i.e. a butler 2. (by implication) (intransitively), drink (itself)

How many times is mashqeh (מַשְׁקֶה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's H4945 across 7 books.

Where can I study mashqeh (מַשְׁקֶה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4945 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mashqeh (מַשְׁקֶה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cup, drink, cupbearers, drinking, and cupbearer. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.