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Psalms 2:12
“Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָשַׁקnâshaq · naw-shak'
H5401 · Hebrew
H5401 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
- Derivation
- a primitive root (identical with H5400 (נָשַׂק), through the idea of fastening up; compare H2388 (חָזַק), H2836 (חָשַׁק));
- KJV renderings
- armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
- Grammar
- נַשְּׁקוּ — verb Piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 35 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 27:26Genesis 27:27Genesis 29:11Genesis 29:13Genesis 31:28
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָשַׁק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.