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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; 7:14; 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 Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass 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 ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and 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 thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

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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 breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah’s offering: gold, and silver, and brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, it staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah’s offering; and every man, 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 - and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - And he made fifty clasps of brass 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 the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 -
Thy bars shall be iron and brass;
And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 -
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters:
As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall.
And all the people wept again over him.

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