מֶשֶׁךְ

Strong’s Definition

Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him

Etymology & Derivation

the same in form as H4901 (מֶשֶׁךְ), but probably of foreign derivation;

KJV Usage

Mesech, Meshech.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.son of japheth, grandson of noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of israel
• 2.descendants of mesech often mentioned in connection with tubal, magog, and other northern nations including the moschi, a people on the borders of colchis and armenia

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Meshek; Pronunciation: meh'-shek