What does נָסַךְ (nāsaḵtî) mean in the Bible?
The H5258 witnesses gather pouring or casting uses alongside a setting or installation use. Numbers 28:7 commands pouring a drink offering within the regular sanctuary offerings.
Hebrew · H5258
נָסַךְ
The H5258 witnesses gather pouring or casting uses alongside a setting or installation use. Numbers 28:7 commands pouring a drink offering within the regular sanctuary offerings.
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נָסַךְH5258
Pronunciationnāsaḵtî
What does נָסַךְ (nāsaḵtî) mean in the Bible?
Reader summary
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5258?
The BSB source-word alignment has 25 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and poured out (4), Pour out (3), for pouring drink offerings (2), instead , he poured it out (2), and by pouring out (1).
Where does נָסַךְ (nāsaḵtî) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 35:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (8), Isaiah (4), Exodus (3), Psalms (2).
What This Word Actually Means
The H5258 witnesses gather pouring or casting uses alongside a setting or installation use. Numbers 28:7 commands pouring a drink offering within the regular sanctuary offerings. Genesis 35:14 describes Jacob pouring an offering on the stone marker where God spoke to him. Isaiah 40:19 speaks of a craftsman casting an idol, whose manufactured character belongs to the prophet's contrast with God. These actions require distinct attention to their objects and purposes.
Psalm 2:6 instead declares that the Lord has installed His king on Zion. Licensed XML entries separately label pouring and setting under the shared identifier, so this study does not invent a sacramental act behind the king's installation. The psalm supplies the royal claim through its own dialogue and decree. Christian connection can follow Hebrews' explicit citation of the psalm's son declaration without making every pouring action a prediction about Christ or every political appointment an application of this particular royal promise.
Passage contextCanonical parallel
How the Bible Uses It
Appointed drink offerings, Jacob's offering, manufactured idols and the Lord's royal installation occur under the selected identifier. Separate source entries and contextual subjects prevent collapsing ritual pouring, metalwork and kingship into one theological action.
- Num.28.7
The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the Lord in the sanctuary area.
Pouring the drink offering accompanies a commanded regular offering with specified amounts. The ritual's meaning depends on its appointment rather than pouring liquid by itself.
- Gen.35.14
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
Jacob pours a drink offering at the place where God spoke and blessed him. The narrative records his response without prescribing identical practice for every later reader.
- Isa.40.19
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
A craftsman casts an idol within the question of what can compare with God. The manufacturing act exposes the object's creaturely production rather than endorsing its worship.
- Ps.2.6
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
The Lord declares His installed king on Zion amid the nations' opposition. This royal statement is not a description of a liquid offering or approval of every ruler.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itand poured out4×Jeremiah 19:13, Jeremiah 44:19, Ezekiel 20:28
Pour out3×Numbers 28:7, Psalms 16:4, Hosea 9:4
for pouring drink offerings2×Exodus 25:29, Exodus 37:16
instead , he poured it out2×2 Samuel 23:16, 1 Chronicles 11:18
and by pouring out1×Jeremiah 32:29
and he poured out1×Genesis 35:14
and offer1×Jeremiah 44:17
and pouring out1×Jeremiah 44:18
and to pour out1×Jeremiah 44:25
casts1×Isaiah 40:19
has poured out1×Isaiah 29:10
I was established1×Proverbs 8:23
installed1×Psalms 2:6
or casts1×Isaiah 44:10
poured out1×2 Kings 16:13
they pour out1×Jeremiah 7:18
to pour1×Exodus 30:9
who form1×Isaiah 30:1
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 35:14וַיַּסֵּ֤ךְtoand he poured outConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularExodus 25:29יֻסַּ֖ךְtofor pouring drink offeringsVerb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularExodus 30:9תִסְּכ֖וּtoto pourVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralExodus 37:16יֻסַּ֖ךְtofor pouring drink offeringsVerb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularNumbers 28:7הַסֵּ֛ךְtoPour outVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular2 Samuel 23:16וַיַּסֵּ֥ךְtoinstead , he poured it outConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular2 Kings 16:13וַיַּסֵּ֖ךְtopoured outConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular1 Chronicles 11:18וַיְנַסֵּ֥ךְtoinstead , he poured it outConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularPsalms 2:6נָסַ֣כְתִּיtoinstalledVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularPsalms 16:4אַסִּ֣יךְtopour outVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 35:14
Aligned rows25
Books represented12
Genesis1Exodus3Numbers12 Samuel12 Kings11 Chronicles1Psalms2Proverbs1Isaiah4Jeremiah8Ezekiel1Hosea1
Source forms
וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ2xwə·has·sêḵJeremiah 19:13, Jeremiah 44:19
וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ2xū·lə·has·sêḵJeremiah 44:19, Jeremiah 44:25
יֻסַּ֖ךְ2xyus·saḵExodus 25:29, Exodus 37:16
אַסִּ֣יךְ1x’as·sîḵPsalms 16:4
הַסֵּ֛ךְ1xhas·sêḵNumbers 28:7
וְהַסֵּֽיךְ־1xwə·has·sêḵ-Jeremiah 44:17
וְהַסֵּ֤ךְ1xwə·has·sêḵJeremiah 7:18
וְהַסֵּֽךְ־1xwə·has·sêḵ-Jeremiah 44:18
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute5xJeremiah 7:18, Jeremiah 19:13, Jeremiah 44:17, Jeremiah 44:18
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular3xGenesis 35:14, 2 Samuel 23:16, 2 Kings 16:13
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular3xIsaiah 29:10, Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 44:10
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct2xJeremiah 44:19, Jeremiah 44:25
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular2xExodus 25:29, Exodus 37:16
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural1xJeremiah 32:29
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural1xEzekiel 20:28
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular1x1 Chronicles 11:18
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Explain an offering's appointment before drawing a worship application, without prescribing uncommanded imitations for Christian readers.
- Discuss leadership legitimacy from actual responsibilities and evidence rather than borrowing a royal psalm's claim for personal prestige.
Avoid claiming...
- H5258 does not prove that Psalm 2's installation occurred through a libation or other unstated physical rite.
- The shared verb grouping does not make every poured offering, cast object or political appointment spiritually equivalent.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Pouring out as sacred act—libations to God or molten casting—extends to royal anointing as covenant installation.
Strong'sH5258
Lexical occurrences25 versesWord forms4 forms11 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkPsalm 2:4–6Source Gloss
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Pouring out as sacred act—libations to God or molten casting—extends to royal anointing as covenant installation.
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king BDB: pour out Usage: cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups4Aligned forms11
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense6×
PerfectIsa 29:10 · Isa 40:19 · Isa 44:10 · Ps 2:64×
ImperfectExod 30:9 · Hos 9:42×
Hophalcausative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action2×
ImperfectExod 25:29 · Exod 37:162×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action2×
Infinitive absoluteNum 28:71×
ImperfectPs 16:41×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action1×
PerfectProv 8:231×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
I have installed / I have set up; implies a ritual pouring out or appointing
Showing 1 selected witness from 25 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
נָסַךְ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
For the Preacher and Teacher
Numbers 28 makes pouring part of an appointed offering with specified quantities and timing. Genesis records Jacob's particular offering where God had spoken, whereas Isaiah describes casting an idol that requires human craftsmanship. These three passages cannot be combined into a claim that the physical action is inherently faithful or inherently false. The named object, recipient and command supply the evaluation.
Psalm 2 belongs to another construction: the Lord declares a king installed on Zion against hostile rulers. The licensed source keeps a setting entry distinct from its pouring entry, protecting the reader from a fabricated account of how the installation occurred. Hebrews 1 explicitly cites the psalm's son declaration in its account of God's Son. That textual connection should govern Christian teaching, while the dictionary grouping remains evidence about lookup coverage rather than authority for a new unified theological sense.
Anchor passage
Ps.2.6
Doctrinal connections
- Numbers 28:3-8 situates the drink offering within commanded regular worship and specified accompanying quantities.
- Genesis 35:9-15 records Jacob's offering after God's blessing and declaration of the name Israel.
- Isaiah 40:18-20 contrasts God with manufactured images requiring craftsmen, materials and supports.
- Psalm 2:1-8 contrasts rebellious rulers with the Lord's declaration of His appointed king on Zion.
- Psalm 2's installed king stands against hostile rulers, with the Lord rather than a human craftsman declaring the appointment.
- Hebrews 1:1-5 explicitly uses Psalm 2's son declaration within its account of Christ's surpassing identity.
Pouring and setting require distinct explanations in these witnesses. The contexts also include casting metal, so the subject, object and construction must guide the gloss; gathering the verses under one lookup number does not make their actions interchangeable.
From Old to New Testament
Hebrews 1:1-5 cites the son declaration from Psalm 2 in its argument about God's Son. This supplies an explicit Christian relationship to the royal psalm. It does not turn Jacob's pouring or Isaiah's metal casting into additional Christ predictions, nor establish that the installed king was appointed through an unstated libation.
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