Strong H5384נָשֶׁה

hamstring

Transliteration
nâsheh
Pronunciation
naw-sheh'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From {H5382 } in the snese of failure;
rheumatic or crippled (from the incident to Jacob): - which shrank.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: hamstring

Exact lexical definition: a vein

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: נָשֶׁה n.[m.] a vein (or nerve ) in the thigh

In the Bible

Strong H5384 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shrank1
  • shrink1

First verses

  1. Genesis 32:32
    Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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