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Lexicon :: Strong's H5178 - nᵊḥšeṯ

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נְחשֶׁת
Transliteration
nᵊḥšeṯ
Pronunciation
nekh-o'-sheth
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1349a,1350a

Strong’s Definitions

נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth; for H5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver):—brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H5178 in the following manner: brass (103x), brasen (28x), fetters (4x), chain (3x), copper (1x), filthiness (1x), steel (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H5178 in the following manner: brass (103x), brasen (28x), fetters (4x), chain (3x), copper (1x), filthiness (1x), steel (1x).

  1. copper, bronze

    1. copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy)

    2. fetters (of copper or bronze)

    3. copper (as value)

  2. lust, harlotry

    1. meaning dubious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth; for H5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver):—brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
STRONGS H5178: Abbreviations
I. נְח֫שֶׁת 137 noun masculine 1 Kings 7:45 (compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 108; feminine 1 Chronicles 18:8) copper, bronze (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician נחשת; Palmyrene נחשא Lzb322; Syriac bdb063806, Targum נְחָשָׁא, Arabic bdb063807, Ethiopic bdb063808 (so also Old Ethiopic DHMEpigr. Denkm. aus Abess.(1894), 52); WMMAs. u. Eur. 127 cites Egyptian teḥ(ḥ)ost, copper (= *tenḥost), as loan-word from נְחשֶׁת + feminine article); — נ׳ absolute Genesis 4:22 +; construct Exodus 38:29; suffix נְחֻשְׁתִּי Lamentations 3:7, נְחֻשְׁתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:36, נְחֻשְׁתָּהּ Ezekiel 24:11, נְחֻשְׁתָּם 2 Kings 25:13 + 2 times; dual נְחֻשְׁתַּ֫יִם Judges 16:21 + 6 times; —
1. copper, as ore Deuteronomy 8:9, compare Zechariah 6:8; worked by artificer Genesis 4:22 (J) 1 Kings 7:14 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 24:12; material — doubtless hardened with alloy, probably tin, making bronze, compare NowArchaeology i. 243 BenzArchaeology 214 — of armour 1 Samuel 17:5, 6; 1 Kings 14:27, utensils 2 Kings 25:14 = Jeremiah 52:18; Leviticus 6:21; Numbers 17:4 + very often, altar 2 Kings 16:14, 15; Exodus 38:30; Exodus 39:39, etc., and other objects Numbers 21:9 (twice in verse) (JE), 2 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Kings 7:15ff. +, especially in description of tabernacle and temple; cast 1 Kings 7:14; polished מְמֹרָט 1 Kings 7:45, מָרוּק 2 Chronicles 4:16 (compare Leviticus 6:21); and shining מֻצְהָב Ezra 8:27. On קָלָל נ׳ Ezekiel 1:7; Daniel 10:6 see קלל; נ׳ as spoil of war 2 Samuel 8:8; 2 Kings 25:13 = Jeremiah 52:17, 20 etc.
2. fetters of copper or bronze, usually dual Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7 = Jeremiah 39:7; Jeremiah 52:11; 2 Chronicles 36:6, also 2 Chronicles 33:11; singular only Lamentations 3:7 (figurative of oppression).
3. as less in value than gold but more than wood Isaiah 60:17 (twice in verse); figurative of worthless people Jeremiah 6:28 (+ בַּרְזֶל), id. (as dross of silver) Ezekiel 22:18 (+ בְּדִיל, בַּרְזֶל, עוֺפֶרֶת). — On Ezekiel 16:36 see IV. נחשׁ.
4. figurative of pitiless sky Deuteronomy 28:23.

II. [נְח֫שֶׁת] noun [feminine] suffix נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ Ezekiel 16:36 where context (|| עֶרְוָה) favours meaning lust, harlotry, or specific sens. obscoen. (Co [citing Ki Ra] Berthol, see also Da); text perhaps corrupt (compare NöZMG xl (1886). 730); Sm proposes תַּזְנוּתַיִךְ, so apparently ToyHpt; Or בָּשְׁתֵּךְ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:22; 4:22

Exodus

38:29; 38:30; 39:39

Leviticus

6:21; 6:21

Numbers

17:4; 21:9

Deuteronomy

8:9; 28:23

Judges

16:21; 16:21

1 Samuel

17:5; 17:6

2 Samuel

3:34; 8:8

1 Kings

4:13; 7:14; 7:15; 7:45; 7:45; 14:27

2 Kings

16:14; 16:15; 18:4; 25:7; 25:13; 25:13; 25:14

1 Chronicles

18:8

2 Chronicles

4:16; 24:12; 33:11; 36:6

Ezra

8:27

Isaiah

60:17

Jeremiah

6:28; 39:7; 52:11; 52:17; 52:18; 52:20

Lamentations

3:7; 3:7

Ezekiel

1:7; 16:36; 16:36; 16:36; 22:18; 24:11

Daniel

10:6

Zechariah

6:8

H5178

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5178 matches the Hebrew נְחשֶׁת (nᵊḥšeṯ),
which occurs 140 times in 119 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 4:22–2Sa 3:34)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 - “And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - “And you shall make fifty bronze clasps, put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - “And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be gold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - “You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - “Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - “You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - “And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - “And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - “Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - “All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - “All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - “to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - ‘Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - ‘the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the laver and its base;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the LORD’s offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - “to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - He also made fifty bronze clasps to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - He made all the utensils for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:6 - And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - There were twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - The sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their capitals was silver; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - And there were four pillars with their four sockets of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - “Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - “a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - “And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - Your sandals shall be iron and bronze;
As your days, so shall your strength be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - “But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - But they burned the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much riches to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Your hands were not bound
Nor your feet put into fetters;
As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell.”
Then all the people wept over him again.

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