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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 BoxGen 3:1 -

Now the serpent H5175 was more crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘[fn]You shall not eat from [fn]any tree of the garden’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - And the woman said to the serpent H5175, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - And the serpent H5175 said to the woman, “You surely will not die!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent H5175 deceived me, and I ate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And Yahweh God said to the serpent H5175,

“Because you have done this,

Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you will go,

And dust you will eat

All the days of your life;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 -

“Dan shall be a serpent H5175 in the way,

A horned snake in the path,

That bites the horse’s heels,

So that his rider falls backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent H5175; and Moses fled from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go to Pharaoh in the morning [fn]as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent H5175.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - So Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people so that many people of Israel died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you; pray to Yahweh, that He may remove the serpents H5175 from us.” And Moses prayed for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses made a bronze serpent H5175 and set it on the standard; and it happened, that if a serpent H5175 bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent H5175, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - “He led you through the great and fearsome wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He took away the high places and shattered the sacred pillars and cut down the [fn]Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent H5175 that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel were burning incense to it; and it was called [fn]Nehushtan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:13 -

“By His breath the heavens are made beautiful;

His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent H5175.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 -

They have venom like the venom of a serpent H5175;

Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 -

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent H5175;

Poison of an asp is under their lips. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 -

At the end—like a serpent H5175 it bites,

And like a viper it stings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 -

The way of an eagle in the sky,

The way of a serpent H5175 on a rock,

The way of a ship in the heart of the sea,

And the way of a man with a virgin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 -

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent H5175 may bite him who breaks through a wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the serpent H5175 bites [fn]before being charmed, there is no advantage for the charmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 -

“Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you,

Because the rod that struck you is broken;

For from the serpent’s H5175 root a viper will come out,

And its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

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In that day Yahweh will [fn]punish [fn]Leviathan the fleeing serpent H5175,

With His fierce and great and [fn]mighty sword,

Even [fn]Leviathan the twisted serpent H5175;

And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s H5175 food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

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“For behold, I am sending serpents H5175 against you,

Vipers, for which there is no charm,

And they will bite you,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 -

“Its sound moves along like a serpent H5175;

For they move on [fn]like a military force

And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 -

As when a man flees from a lion

And a bear meets him;

[fn]Or he goes home, leans his hand against the wall,

And a snake H5175 bites him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 -

“And though they hide on the [fn]top of Carmel,

From there I will search them out and take them;

And though they conceal themselves from My eyes on the floor of the sea,

From there I will command the serpent H5175, and it will bite them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 -

They will lick the dust like a serpent H5175,

Like crawling things of the earth.

They will come trembling out of their [fn]fortresses;

To Yahweh our God they will come in dread,

And they will be afraid before You.

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