Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To signal by nodding or gesturing. 2. (n.) A small brook. 3. (n.) A vat. See Back. 4. (v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. 5. (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. 6. (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BECK; BECKON bek, bek'-'-n (neuma): This word from neuo, "to nod," "beckon," "make a sign" by moving the head or eyes (Luke 5:7 John 13:24 Acts 21:40; Acts 24:10), occurs only in 2 Maccabees 8:18, "Almighty God who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world," the Revised Version (British and American), "able at a beck." So Shak, "troops of soldiers at their beck"; "nod" is now generally used.

Multi-Version Concordance Beck (1 Occurrence) Jeremiah 5:31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? (See JPS)