מִקְשָׁה miqshâh
Meaning
literally a cucumbered field, i.e. a cucumber patch
In the King James Version: garden of cucumbers.
Derivation: denominative from H7180 (קִשֻּׁא);
Where it is used
- Isaiah 1:8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
- Jeremiah 10:5 Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”