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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 -

Now Nahash the [fn]Ammonite [king] went up and [fn]besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty [of peace] with us and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite told them, “I will make a treaty with you on this condition, that I will [fn]gouge out the right eye of every one of you, and make it a disgrace upon all Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites had come against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us’—although the LORD your God was your King.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father did to me.” So David sent [a letter along with] some of his servants to console him in regard to his father’s death; and David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Absalom put Amasa in command of the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named [fn]Ithra the Israelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash, [the half sister of David and] the sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 -

Now it came about after this, that Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - David said, “I will be kind (gracious) to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father was kind to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning [the death of] his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the Ammonites to comfort Hanun.
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