Bible Location
Meaning: who is drawn by force · 5 cross references · Modern-day map available
Meshech is a northern people or region associated with the far reaches beyond Israel's ordinary horizon. It is important because prophetic and poetic texts use the name to evoke distant nations, trade networks, and later apocalyptic enemies. First appears in Ps 120:5.1
Place meaning
who is drawn by force
Coordinates
46.00, 47.00
First appears
Ps 120:5
AI summary: Meshech functions in Scripture as a far-off northern name that conveys distance and foreignness. In the Psalms it can stand almost as shorthand for alien surroundings, while Ezekiel places Meshech within the trading world and then within the threatening coalition gathered against God's people. That makes the name useful both for real ethnographic memory and for symbolic portrayal of hostile distance. The cross references present Meshech as a remote northern people whose name carries commercial, geographic, and apocalyptic overtones.1
Place meaning
who is drawn by force
Latitude
46.00
Longitude
47.00
Bible references
5
Drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the founder of a tribe (1 Chr. 1:5; Ezek. 27:13; 38:2, 3). They were in all probability the Moschi, a people inhabiting the Moschian Mountains, between the Black and the Caspian Seas. In Ps. 120:5 the name occurs as simply a synonym for foreigners or barbarians. “During the ascendency of the Babylonians and Persians in Western Asia, the Moschi were subdued; but it seems probable that a large number of them crossed the Caucasus range and spread over the northern steppes, mingling with the Scythians. There they became known as Muscovs, and gave that name to the Russian nation and its ancient capital by which they are still generally known throughout the East” 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.