Genesis 40:21
placed ... cup <03563 05414> [gave the cup.]
Genesis 40:1
After <0310> [it came.]
<08248> [the butler.]
{Mashkeh,} from {shakah,} to give drink, is the same as {saky} among the Arabians and Persians, and signifies a cup-bearer.
Genesis 10:5
<0339> [A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. isles.]
language <03956> [after his.]
Genesis 10:2
Genesis 9:4
life <05315> [the life.]
Nehemiah 1:11--2:1
listen <0241> [Let now.]
take pleasure <02655> [who desire.]
show <05414> [grant.]
king <04428> [For I was.]
The office of cup-bearer was one of great trust, honour, and emolument, in the Persian court. To be in such a place of trust he must have been in the king's confidence; for no eastern potentate would have a cup-bearer to whom he could not trust his life, poison being often administered in that way. It was an office much desired, because it gave access to the king in those seasons of hilarity when men are most disposed to grant favours.
Nisan <05212> [Nisan.]
twentieth <06242> [the twentieth.]
took <05375> [I took up.]
