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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, the smith (craftsman) and teacher of every artisan in instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 - “This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 -

“You shall make fifty bronze hooks and put the hooks into the loops and join the tent together so that it may be one unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - “You shall make five pillars (support poles) of acacia wood to support the hanging curtain and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five [base] sockets of bronze for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - “Make horns (horn-shaped projections) for it on its four corners; the 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 - “You shall make pots to remove its ashes, and shovels, basins [to catch the blood of the sacrificed animal], meat-forks, and firepans [to store live coals]. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - “You shall make [carrying] poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, overlaid with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - it shall have twenty pillars and twenty bronze sockets; but the hooks of the pillars and their fasteners shall be silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - likewise for the north side there shall be curtains, a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars and twenty bronze sockets; but the hooks of the pillars and their fasteners shall be silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - “All the pillars (support poles) around the court shall be joined together with silver rods; 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 a hundred cubits, and the width fifty [cubits] throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - “All the tabernacle’s utensils and instruments used in all its service, and all its stakes, and all the stakes for 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 basin of bronze, with a base of bronze, for washing. You shall put it [outside in the court] between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and you shall put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and 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 has a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD’S offering: 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 carrying poles, and all its utensils, the wash basin and its base (stand);

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD’S offering; every man who had in his possession 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 devise artistic designs to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - He made fifty bronze hooks to join the tent together into a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and [he made] the five support poles with their hooks, and overlaid their [ornamental] tops and connecting rings with gold; but their five sockets were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - And he made its horns (horn-shaped projections) on the four corners of it; the horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - He made all the utensils and vessels of the altar [of burnt offering], the pots, shovels, basins [to catch the blood of the sacrificed animal], meat hooks and the firepans [to store live coals]. He made all its utensils of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - He made for the altar a grating of bronze mesh under its rim, extending halfway up it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 -

Bezalel made the basin and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the attending women who served and ministered at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their twenty support poles, and their twenty bronze sockets; the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And for the north side [of the court the curtains were also] a hundred cubits; their twenty support poles and their twenty bronze sockets; the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - The sockets for the support poles were made of bronze, the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were made of silver; and silver overlaid their tops. All the support poles of the court had silver connecting rings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - Their four support poles and their four sockets were bronze; their hooks were silver, and silver overlaid their tops and their connecting rings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All the pegs for the tabernacle and the court were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - With it Bezalel made the sockets for the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the bronze altar [of burnt offering] and its grating of bronze, its poles and all its utensils, the basin and its base;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel shall be scoured and rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the Levites who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out [into broad sheets] as a plating for the [bronze] altar [of burnt offering],

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on the pole, and it happened that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:22

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 where you will eat bread without shortage, 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 Box Deu 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - “The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze [giving no rain and blocking all prayers], and the earth which is under you, iron [hard to plow and yielding no produce].

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 -

“Your strongholds will be iron and bronze,

And as your days are, so will your strength, your rest and security be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - “All the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy (consecrated) to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - Then they completely burned the city and everything that was in it. They put only the silver and the gold, and the articles of bronze and of iron, into the treasury of the house (tabernacle) of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - and he said to them, “Return to your tents with great riches and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers (fellow tribesmen).”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with [two] bronze chains; and he was forced to be a grinder [of grain into flour at the mill] in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a bronze helmet on his head, and wore a coat of scale-armor (overlapping metal plates) which weighed [fn]5,000 shekels of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - He had bronze shin protectors on his legs and a bronze [fn]javelin hung between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul dressed David in his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and put a coat of mail (armor) on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 -

“Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters;

As a man falls before the wicked, so you have fallen.”

And all the people wept again over him.


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