Bible Dictionaries
Cupbearer

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Cup

Next Entry
Curtains

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Cupbearer
Thompson Chain Reference
• Cupbearers
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Cupbearer
Dictionaries
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Cupbearer
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Cupbearer
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Cupbearer
King James Dictionary
• Cupbearer
Webster Dictionary
• Cupbearer
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Cupbearer
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Cupbearer
Lexicons
• מַשְׁקֶה , מַשְׁקֶה
• שָׁקָה

Genesis 40:1-21. A high officer in eastern courts, e.g. Solomon's (1 Kings 10:5). Pharaoh's was the instrument of Joseph's elevation (Genesis 41:9). Rabshakek was "chief cupbearer" in Sennacherib's court (Isaiah 36:2), as his name implies. Nehemiah was cupbearer to Artaxerxes Longimanus, king of Persia (Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 2:1).