מַשְׁקֶה

Strong’s Definition

properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region

Etymology & Derivation

from H8248 (שָׁקָה);

KJV Usage

butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.irrigation, drink
• 2.irrigation
• 3.drink, drinking vessels
• 4.butlership (office of butler)
• 5.butler, cup-bearer

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mashqeh; Pronunciation: mash-keh'