STRONGS NUMBER H4189


Word Summary
moshekah or mosheketh: a cord
Original Word: מוֹשְׁכָה
Transliteration: moshekah or mosheketh
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-shek-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a cord
Meaning: something drawing, a cord
Strong's Concordance
band

Act participle feminine of mashak; something drawing, i.e. (figuratively) a cord -- band.

see HEBREW mashak

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4189. moshekah

or mosheketh [משֶׁ֫כֶת‎] noun feminine cord; — only plural construct כְּסִיל משְׁכוֺתJob 38:31 the cords of Orion, i.e. probably those by which (according to some legend) he is dragged along in the sky (compare Di).

מִשְׁכָּב‎ see שׁכב‎. מִשְׁכָּן‎ see שׁכן‎.