HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5257
נָסִיךְ
ne.sikh — libation
1) poured out, libation, molten image 1a) libation, drink-offering 1b) molten image
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Drink-offering
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GREEK · G4689
σπένδω
spendō — to pour a libation
σπένδω [in LXX chiefly for נָסַךְ hi. ;] to pour out as a drink-offering, make a libation; pass., figuratively, σπένδομαι, I am poured out or offered as a libation (in the shedding of my life-blood): Php.2:17 (see Lft., in l), 2Ti.4:6 (for exx. from π., see Milligan, Selections, 114 f.; MM, xxiii).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4469
מִמְסָךְ
mam.sakh — mixed drink
mixed drink, mixed wine, drink-offering
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20836
ὁμόσπονδος
homospondos — bound by treaty to
sharing in the drink-offering, sharing the same cup , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9145
σπονδή
spondē — a libation
1. a drink-offering , i. e. the wine poured out to the gods before drinking, Lat. libatio, (Hesiod); σπονδὰς θεοῖς λείβειν, σπένδειν (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. in plural, σπονδαί was a solemn treaty or truce , (because solemn drink-offerings were made on concluding them); σπονδαὶ ἄκρητοι the truce made by pouring unmixed wine, (Iliad by Homer); αἱ Λακεδαιμονίων σπ. the truce with them. (Thucydides); σπονδὰς παραδιδόναι (Aristophanes Comicus); δέχεσθαι (Thucydides); τυχεῖν (Xenophon Historicus); σπ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι to make a truce with one, (Herdotus Historicus); πρός τινα (Aristophanes Comicus); σπ. τέμνειν (like ὅρκια τέμνειν); (Euripides); σπ. ἄγειν πρός τινας (Thucydides) 3. αἱ Ὀλυμπικαὶ σπ. the solemn truce or armistice during the Olympic games, (Thucydides) 4. the treaty itself , εἴρηται ἐν ταῖς σπ. (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9721
χέω
cheō — to pour
1. Radic. sense, to pour : 2. properly of liquids, to pour out, pour , (Homer), etc.; Zeus χέει ὕδωρ, i. e. he makes it rain, (Iliad by Homer); χέει χιόνα βορέας (Euripides); absolute, χέει it snows , (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid. to pour for oneself , especially of drink-offerings, χοὰς χεόμην νεκύεσσι (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;Pass., χέονται κρῆναι they gush forth , (Euripides); χυθέντος ποτοῦ ἐς γῆν (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. χ. δάκρυα to shed tears, (Iliad by Homer):—;Pass., of tears, to pour or gush forth , (Homer); so of blood, to be shed , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 4. in Pass. to become liquid, melt, thaw , (Xenophon Historicus) 5. of solids, to shed, scatter , φύλλα (Iliad by Homer); πτερά (Odyssey by Homer); χ. κόνιν κὰκ κεφαλῆς (Homer); χ. καλάμην χθονί, of a mower or reaper (see. καλάμη), (Iliad by Homer) 6. like χώννυμι, to throw out earth, so as to form a mound, σῆμα, τύμβον χ. (Homer) 7. χ. δοῦρα to pour or shower spears, (Iliad by Homer); Mid., βέλεα χέοντο they showered their arrows, (Iliad by Homer) 8. to let fall or drop , ἡνία (Iliad by Homer); so, χέειν κρόκου βαφὰς (see. βαφή II) (Aeschulus Tragicus); but, καρπὸν χ., of trees, to produce fruit abundantly , (Odyssey by Homer) 9. in Pass. to be thrown or heaped up together , (Homer) 10. in Pass. also of living beings, to pour or stream in a dense mass or throng , (Homer) 11. metaphorically of sounds, to pour forth , φωνήν, αὐδήν (Odyssey by Homer); φθόγγον (Aeschulus Tragicus) 12. of things that obscure the sight, κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν shed a dark cloud over the eyes, (Iliad by Homer); πολλὴν ἠέρα χεῦε shed a mist abroad, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass., ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ θάνατος χύτο was shed around him, (Iliad by Homer); νόσος κέχυται (Sophocles Tragicus); φρὶξ ἐπὶ πόντον ἐχεύατο (Mid. in passive sense), (Iliad by Homer) 13. of persons, ἀμφ᾽ αὐτῶι χυμένη throwing herself around him, (Homer): so in Mid., ἀμφὶ υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε (Iliad by Homer) 14. perfect passive κέχυμαι, to be wholly engaged in , Δᾶλος, ἐν ἇι κέχυμαι (Pindar) (ML)
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Consisted of wine (Num. 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured around the altar (Ex. 30:9). Joined with meat-offerings (Num. 6:15, 17; 2 Kings 16:13; Joel 1:9, 13; 2:14), presented daily (Ex. 29:40), on the Sabbath (Num. 28:9), and on feast-days (28:14). One-fourth of an hin of wine was required for one lamb, one-third for a ram, and one-half for a bullock (Num. 15:5; 28:7, 14). “Drink offerings of blood” (Ps. 16:4) is used in allusion to the heathen practice of mingling the blood of animals sacrificed with wine or water, and pouring out the mixture in the worship of the gods, and the idea conveyed is that the psalmist would not partake of the abominations of the heathen.
Scripture references
Numbers 15:5Hosea 9:4Exodus 30:9Numbers 6:15Numbers 6:172 Kings 16:13Joel 1:9Joel 1:13Exodus 29:40Numbers 28:9Numbers 28:7Numbers 28:14Psalms 16:4
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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