נָשַׁקnâshaq

נָשַׁק: kiss

Pronunciation: naw-shak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5401

Meanings

Qal: kiss (1 Kings 19:18; 2 Samuel 15:5; Proverbs 7:13)

Pi`el: kiss, = Qal (Genesis 32:1; Genesis 45:15; Genesis 29:13)

Hiph`il: gently touching (Ezekiel 3:13)

נָשַׁק: exact meaning uncertain; probably either handle, or be equipped with

Qal: equipped with the bow (1 Chronicles 12:2; 2 Chronicles 17:17; Psalms 78:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 35 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 27:26 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.”
  • Genesis 27:27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the Lord has blessed!
  • Genesis 29:11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and he wept aloud.
  • Genesis 29:13 As soon as Laban heard that his nephew Jacob had arrived, he ran out to meet him. He embraced and kissed him and brought him home. When Jacob had told him his story,
  • Genesis 31:28 Why didn’t you let me kiss my daughters and grandchildren and tell them good-bye? You have acted very foolishly!
  • Genesis 31:55 Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).