H5402 H5402
Weapons, arms, military equipment (collective); also an armory or arsenal as a storage place for weapons.
A masculine noun used collectively for military weapons and equipment. It appears in contexts ranging from royal tribute (1 Kgs 10:25, weapons brought to Solomon) to prophetic judgment (Ezek 39:9-10, burning the weapons of Gog). Job 20:24 specifies 'weapons of iron' alongside a 'bow of bronze,' while Psalm 140:8 speaks of 'the day of weapons' meaning the day of battle. In one instance (Neh 3:19), the word denotes not the weapons themselves but the place where they are stored -- the armory -- used as a landmark during Jerusalem's wall rebuilding.
Senses
1. weapons, arms, equipment — Weapons, arms, or military equipment as a collective term. Covers the full range of armaments without specifying type, often followed by more specific weapon names (as in Ezek 39:9 where nesheq is the general category, then bows, arrows, clubs, and spears follow). Used of weapons as tribute gifts (1 Kgs 10:25; 2 Chr 9:24), weapons in a fortified city (2 Kgs 10:2; Isa 22:8), and metaphorically for the day of battle (Ps 140:8). Spanish 'armas' and English 'weapons' consistently render this collective military sense. 9×
AR["السِّلَاحِ", "السِّلَاحِ.", "بِالسِّلَاحِ", "سِلاحاً", "سِلَاحِ", "مِنْ-سِلَاحِ", "وَ-ثِيَابًا", "وَٱلسِّلَاحُ"]·ben["-অস্ত্র-থেকে", "-অস্ত্রাগারে", "অস্ত্র", "অস্ত্রে", "অস্ত্রের।", "এবং-অস্ত্র"]·DE["Schlacht", "[בנשק]", "[מנשק]", "[נשק]", "und-der-weapons", "und-weapons"]·EN["and-the-weapons", "and-weapons", "battle", "from-a-weapon-of", "weapons", "weapons-of", "with-the-weapons", "with-weapons"]·FR["[נשק]", "arme", "de-מנשק", "et-armes", "et-le-armes", "נשק"]·heb["ב-נשק", "ו-ה-נשק", "וְ-נֵשֶׁק", "מ-נשק", "נשק"]·HI["और-हथियार", "युद्ध-के", "वहन्नेशेक", "से-हथियार", "हथियार", "हथियार-के", "हथियार-से", "हथियारों"]·ID["dan-senjata", "dari-senjata", "dengan-senjata", "peperangan", "senjata"]·IT["[בנשק]", "[נשק]", "combatte'", "da-da-un-weapon-di", "e-armi", "e-il-armi", "weapons"]·jav["gegaman", "kanthi-gegaman", "lan-gegaman", "perang", "saking-gegaman"]·KO["그-무기-안에서", "그리고-무기", "그리고-무기와", "무기-안에서", "무기-와", "무기를", "무기에서", "전쟁-의"]·PT["armas", "armas.", "batalha", "com-arma", "com-as-armas", "de-arma-de", "e-a-armadura", "e-armas", "o-armamento-de"]·RU["битвы", "и-оружие", "оружие", "оружием", "оружию", "от-оружия"]·ES["armas", "armas-de", "batalla", "con-armas", "con-las-armas", "del-arma-de", "y-armas", "y-las-armas"]·SW["kutoka-silaha-ya", "kwa-silaha", "na-silaha", "silaha", "vita"]·TR["savaşın", "silah", "silaha", "silahlarla", "silahı", "silahından", "ve-silahlar"]·urd["اور-ہتھیار", "لڑائی-کے", "ہتھیار", "ہتھیار-سے", "ہتھیاروں", "ہتھیاروں-سے", "ہتھیاروں-کو"]
2. armory, arsenal — An armory or arsenal -- a place where weapons are stored. In Nehemiah 3:19, the term with the article (hannesheq) identifies a specific location along Jerusalem's walls: 'opposite the ascent to the armory at the angle.' This metonymic extension from the contents (weapons) to the container (storage place) is a natural semantic development, paralleling English 'arms' > 'armory.' The locational reading is confirmed by English 'the-armory' and Spanish 'la-armeria.' 1×
AR["السِّلاحِ"]·ben["অস্ত্রাগারের"]·DE["[הנשק]"]·EN["the-armory"]·FR["[הנשק]"]·heb["ה-נשק"]·HI["शस्त्रागार-की"]·ID["gudang-senjata"]·IT["[הנשק]"]·jav["gegaman"]·KO["그-무기고-의"]·PT["o-arsenal"]·RU["оружейной"]·ES["la-armería"]·SW["ghala-la-silaha"]·TR["silahlığın"]·urd["ہتھیاروں-کے"]
Related Senses
H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)H7979 1. table (71×)H7782 1. ram's horn trumpet (69×)H4294 2. staff, rod, scepter (63×)H4043 1. shield, defensive weapon (60×)H0646 1. ephod (priestly garment) (49×)H8504 1. blue (violet-blue yarn/fabric) (49×)H2595 1. spear, lance (48×)H2671 1. arrow, projectile weapon (46×)H4818 1. chariot, war-chariot (44×)H3658 1. lyre, harp (stringed instrument) (42×)H1537 1. Gilgal (place name) (41×)H0713 1. purple (fabric/dye) (38×)H0905 3. poles, staves (37×)H7392 1. Qal participle: rider, charioteer (37×)H4501 1. cultic lampstand (menorah) (36×)H0212 1. wheel (35×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נֶ֫שֶׁק, נֵ֫שֶׁק n.[m.] equipment, weapons (coll.), armoury;—abs. נֶ֫שֶׁק Ez 39:9 + 2 times, נֵ֫שֶׁק 1 K 10:25 2 Ch 9:24, נָ֑שֶׁק 2 K 10:2 + 2 times, cstr. נֶ׳ Is 22:8, נֵ׳ Jb 20:24;— 1. equipment, weapons 1 K 10:25 2 K 10:2 Is 22:8 2 Ch 9:24 Ez 39:9 (gen. term, foll. by specif.), v 10; נ׳ בַּרְזֶל Jb 20:24 (‖ קֶשֶׁת נְחשֶׁת); יוֹם נָ֑שֶׁק ψ 140:8 i.e. day of battle; so נ׳ alone Jb 39:21. 2. appar. armoury Ne 3:19.