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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 H4480 crafty H6175 than H4480 any H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704 which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 had made. H6213 And he said H559 to the woman, H802 “Indeed, H637 H3588 has God H430 said, H559 ‘You shall not eat H398 from [fn]any H3605 tree H6086 of the garden’?” H1588

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - The woman H802 said H559 to the serpent, H5175 “From the fruit H6529 of the trees H6086 of the garden H1588 we may eat; H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - The serpent H5175 said H559 to the woman, H802 “You surely H4191 will not die! H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - Then the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559 to the woman, H802 “What H4100 is this H2088 you have done?” H6213 And the woman H802 said, H559 “The serpent H5175 deceived H5378 me, and I ate.” H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - The LORD H3068 God H430 said H559 to the serpent, H5175
“Because H3588 you have done H6213 this, H2088
Cursed H779 are you more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 cattle, H929
And more H4480 than H4480 every H3605 beast H2416 of the field; H7704
On your belly H1512 you will go, H1980
And dust H6083 you will eat H398
All H3605 the days H3117 of your life; H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - “Dan H1835 shall be a serpent H5175 in the way, H1870
A horned H8207 snake H8207 in the path, H734
That bites H5391 the horse’s H5483 heels, H6119
So that his rider H7392 falls H5307 backward. H268

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - Then He said, H559 “Throw H7993 it on the ground.” H776 So he threw H7993 it on the ground, H776 and it became H1961 a serpent; H5175 and Moses H4872 fled H5127 from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go H1980 to Pharaoh H6547 in the morning H1242 [fn]as he is going H3318 out to the water, H4325 and station H5324 yourself H5324 to meet H7122 him on the bank H8193 of the Nile; H2975 and you shall take H3947 in your hand H3027 the staff H4294 that was turned H2015 into a serpent. H5175

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - The LORD H3068 sent H7971 fiery H8314 serpents H8314 among the people H5971 and they bit H5391 the people, H5971 so that many H7227 people H5971 of Israel H3478 died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - So the people H5971 came H935 to Moses H4872 and said, H559 “We have sinned, H2398 because H3588 we have spoken H1696 against the LORD H3068 and you; intercede H6419 with the LORD, H3068 that He may remove H5493 the serpents H5175 from us.” And Moses H4872 interceded H6419 for the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses H4872 made H6213 a bronze H5178 serpent H5175 and set H7760 it on the standard; H5251 and it came H1961 about, that if H518 a serpent H5175 bit H5391 any H376 man, H376 when he looked H5027 to the bronze H5178 serpent, H5175 he lived. H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - “He led H1980 you through the great H1419 and terrible H3372 wilderness, H4057 with its fiery H8314 serpents H8314 and scorpions H6137 and thirsty H6774 ground H6774 where H834 there H369 was no H369 water; H4325 He brought H3318 water H4325 for you out of the rock H6697 of flint. H2496

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed H5493 the high H1116 places H1116 and broke H7665 down H7665 the sacred pillars H4676 and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah. H842 He also broke H3807 in pieces H3807 the bronze H5178 serpent H5175 that Moses H4872 had made, H6213 for until H5704 those H1992 days H3117 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 burned H6999 incense H6999 to it; and it was called H7121 [fn]Nehushtan. H5180

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:13 - “By His breath H7307 the heavens H8064 are [fn]cleared; H8235
His hand H3027 has pierced H2490 the fleeing H1281 serpent. H5175

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They have venom H2534 like H1823 the venom H2534 of a serpent; H5175
Like H3644 a deaf H2795 cobra H6620 that stops H331 up its ear, H241

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They sharpen H8150 their tongues H3956 as a serpent; H5175
Poison H2534 of a viper H5919 is under H8478 their lips. H8193 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - At the last H319 it bites H5391 like a serpent H5175
And stings H6567 like a viper. H6848

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way H1870 of an eagle H5404 in the sky, H8064
The way H1870 of a serpent H5175 on a rock, H6697
The way H1870 of a ship H591 in the middle H3820 of the sea, H3220
And the way H1870 of a man H1397 with a maid. H5959

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He who digs H2658 a pit H1475 may fall H5307 into it, and a serpent H5175 may bite H5391 him who breaks H6555 through H6555 a wall. H1447

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If H518 the serpent H5175 bites H5391 [fn]before being charmed, H3908 there H369 is no H369 profit H3504 for the charmer. H1167 H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - “Do not rejoice, H8055 O Philistia, H6429 all H3605 of you,
Because H3588 the rod H7626 that struck H5221 you is broken; H7665
For from the serpent’s H5175 root H8328 a viper H6848 will come H3318 out,
And its fruit H6529 will be a flying H5774 serpent. H8314

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day H3117 the LORD H3068 will punish H6485 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the fleeing H1281 serpent, H5175
With His fierce H7186 and great H1419 and mighty H2389 sword, H2719
Even H5921 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the twisted H6129 serpent; H5175
And He will kill H2026 the dragon H8577 who H834 lives in the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf H2061 and the lamb H2924 will graze H7462 together, H259 and the lion H738 will eat H398 straw H8401 like the ox; H1241 and dust H6083 will be the serpent’s H5175 food. H3899 They will do H7489 no H3808 evil H7489 or harm H7843 in all H3605 My holy H6944 mountain,” H2022 says H559 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - “For behold, H2009 I am sending H7971 serpents H5175 against you,
Adders, H6848 for which H834 there H369 is no H369 charm, H3908
And they will bite H5391 you,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - “Its sound H6963 moves H1980 along like a serpent; H5175
For they move H1980 on [fn]like an army H2428
And come H935 to her as woodcutters H2404 with axes. H7134

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - As when H834 a man H376 flees H5127 from a lion H738
And a bear H1677 meets H6293 him,
[fn]Or goes H935 home, H1004 leans H5564 his hand H3027 against H5921 the wall H7023
And a snake H5175 bites H5391 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - “Though H518 they hide H2244 on the summit H7218 of Carmel, H3760
I will search H2664 them out and take H3947 them from there; H8033
And though H518 they conceal H5641 themselves from My sight H5869 on the floor H7172 of the sea, H3220
From there H8033 I will command H6680 the serpent H5175 and it will bite H5391 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They will lick H3897 the dust H6083 like a serpent, H5175
Like reptiles H2119 of the earth. H776
They will come H7264 trembling H7264 out of their [fn]fortresses; H4526
To the LORD H3068 our God H430 they will come H6342 in dread H6342
And they will be afraid H3372 before H4480 You.
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