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Lexicon :: Strong's H5175 - nāḥāš

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נָחָשׁ
Transliteration
nāḥāš
Pronunciation
naw-khawsh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1347a

Strong’s Definitions

נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H5175 in the following manner: serpent (31x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H5175 in the following manner: serpent (31x).

  1. serpent, snake

    1. serpent

    2. image (of serpent)

    3. fleeing serpent (mythological)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.
STRONGS H5175: Abbreviations
† I. נָחָשׁ noun masculineGenesis 3:1 serpent (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb063802 serpent, viper (Lane406 anything hunted) is compare by LagM, i, 230; BN 50, 188 BaEs 48, but improbable; Arabic bdb063803 see below [נָחַשׁ below; on formation compare LagBN 50); — absolute נ׳ Amos 5:19 +; construct נְחַשׁ Numbers 21:9 + 2 times; plural נְחָשִׁים Numbers 21:6; Jeremiah 8:17; —
1. serpent:
a. as biting, Amos 5:19; Ecclesiastes 10:8, in spite of charm (לַחַשׁ) Ecclesiastes 10:11 [compare Ecclus 12:13], Jeremiah 8:17 (+ צִפְעֹנִים; figurative of enemies); so הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְׁרָפִים Numbers 21:6 (deadly; J E; compare JacobArab. Dicht. iv. 10 ff.), and singular Numbers 21:9, also (collective) Numbers 21:7 compare שָׂרָף נ׳ Deuteronomy 8:15 (+ עַקְרָב); נ׳ figurative of oppressor, מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ נָחָשׁ יֵצֵא צֶפַע וּפִרְיוֺ שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵף Isaiah 14:29; figurative of Dan Genesis 49:17 (poem in J; || שְׁפִיפֹן); הֲמַת נ׳ Psalm 58:5 (simile of perniciousness of ungodly), compare נ׳ Psalm 140:4; simile of effect of wine Proverbs 22:32 (|| צִפִעֹנִי).
b. rod becomes נ׳ Exodus 4:3 (J), compare Exodus 7:15 (E); עֲלֵי צוּר דֶּרֶךְ נ׳ Proverbs 30:19.
c. נ׳ (apparently) as hissing Jeremiah 46:22 (in simile, compare Gie); as eating dust Isaiah 65:25 compare Micah 7:17 (in simile; see also Genesis 3:14).
d. as crafty tempter Genesis 3:1, 2, 4, 13, 14.
2. (הַ)נְּחשֶׁת נ׳, bronze image of serpent Numbers 21:9 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:4 (compare נְחֻשְׁתָּן).
3. mythological בָּרִחַ נ׳ Job 26:13 fleeing serpent, of eclipse-dragon (compareלִנְיָתָן Job 3:6); also בּרִחַ ֗֗֗ לִוְיָתָן נ׳ עֲקַלָּתוֺן לִוְיָתָן נ׳ Isaiah 27:1 (symbolic of world-powers); נ׳ of sea-monster Amos 9:3. — נ׳ with verb נָשַׁךְ bite Numbers 21:6 + 8 times On supernatural character of serpents in Arabic belief see NöZeitschr. Für Völkerpsychol. i.(1860), 412-416 RSKinship 197, Semitic i. 421 f., 2d ed, 442 WeSkizzen iii.147, Arab. Heid. 2, 152 f. JacobArab. Dicht. iv. 5
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:4; 3:13; 3:14; 3:14; 49:17

Exodus

4:3; 7:15

Numbers

21:6; 21:6; 21:6; 21:7; 21:9; 21:9; 21:9

Deuteronomy

8:15

2 Kings

18:4

Job

3:6; 26:13

Psalms

58:5; 140:4

Proverbs

30:19

Ecclesiastes

10:8; 10:11

Isaiah

14:29; 27:1; 65:25

Jeremiah

8:17; 8:17; 46:22

Amos

5:19; 5:19; 9:3

Micah

7:17

H5175

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5175 matches the Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nāḥāš),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go unto Pharaoh in the morning -- behold, he will go out unto the water -- and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, and he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, a wilderness of fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and broke in pieces the serpent of brass that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:13 - By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a viper, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They shall lick dust like the serpent; like crawling things of the earth, they shall come trembling forth from their close places. They shall turn with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
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