Strong's Number H4902

מֶשֶׁךְ

Meshek · meh'-shek

Transliteration:

Meshek{meh'-shek}

Word Origin:

the same in form as 04901, but probably of foreign derivation

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

Meshech 8, Mesech 1

Total: 9
Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out"

son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of Israel
1. 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