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Lexicon :: Strong's H5176 - nāḥāš

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נָחָשׁ
Transliteration
nāḥāš
Pronunciation
naw-khawsh'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as נָחָשׁ (H5175)
Strong’s Definitions

נָחָשׁ Nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; the same as H5175; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite:—Nahash.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H5176 in the following manner: Nahash (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H5176 in the following manner: Nahash (9x).

  1. Nahash = "serpent"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a king of the Ammonites during the time of king Saul

    2. the father of Abigail, the mother of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחָשׁ Nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; the same as H5175; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite:—Nahash.
STRONGS H5176: Abbreviations
† II. נָחָשׁ proper name, masculine
1. king of Ammon 1 Samuel 11:1 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 12:12; 2 Samuel 10:2; 1 Chronicles 19:1, 2; perhaps also 2 Samuel 17:27; Greek Version of the LXX Ναας.
2. father of Abigail and Zeruiah 2 Samuel 17:25, si vera lectio: Greek Version of the LXX Ναας, but LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιεσσαι (compare 1 Chronicles 2:16); WeGeschichte. 2. 57 Anm. 1 Löhr defend נחשׁ; dubious WeSm HPS.
3. giving name to a city, עִיר נ׳ [H5904 1 Chronicles 4:12], Greek Version of the LXX πόλεως Ναας; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ηρναας.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:2; 12:12

2 Samuel

10:2; 17:25; 17:27

1 Chronicles

2:16; 19:1; 19:2

H5176

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Strong's Number H5176 matches the Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nāḥāš),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then David said, “I’ll show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.”

So David sent his emissaries to console Hanun concerning his father. However, when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,

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Now Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in Joab’s place. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra[fn] the Israelite;[fn] Ithra had married Abigail daughter of Nahash.[fn] Abigail was a sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

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