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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 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - About a month later,[fn] King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - “All right,” Nahash said, “but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the LORD your God was already your king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father’s death.
But when David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Absalom had appointed Amasa as commander of his army, replacing Joab, who had been commander under David. (Amasa was Joab’s cousin. His father was Jether,[fn] an Ishmaelite.[fn] His mother, Abigail daughter of Nahash, was the sister of Joab’s mother, Zeruiah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 - When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was warmly greeted by Shobi son of Nahash, who came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and by Makir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and by Barzillai of Gilead from Rogelim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 - Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun[fn] became king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun because his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent messengers to express sympathy to Hanun about his father’s death.
But when David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,
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