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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 -

Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. Tubal-cain’s sister was Naamah.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 -

“This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 -

“Make fifty bronze clasps; put the clasps through the loops and join the tent together so that it is a single unit.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 -

“Make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold; their hooks are to be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 -

“Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece.[fn] Overlay it with bronze.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 -

“Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze.

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“Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.

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“Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

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“including twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands[fn] for the posts.

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“And so make hangings 150 feet long for the north side, including twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts.

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“All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 -

“The courtyard is to be 150 feet long, 75 feet wide at each end, and 7 1/2 feet high,[fn] all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts are to be bronze.

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“All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use and all its tent pegs as well as all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 -

“Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 -

“to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

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“Take up an offering among you for the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring this as the LORD’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 -

“the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 -

Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Everyone who possessed acacia wood useful for any task in the work brought it.

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“to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 -

He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a single unit.

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together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

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He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. Then he overlaid it with bronze.

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He made all the altar’s utensils: the pots, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.

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He constructed for the altar a grate of bronze mesh under its ledge,[fn] halfway up from the bottom.

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He cast four rings at the four corners of the bronze grate as holders for the poles.

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He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 -

He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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including their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands[fn] for the posts.

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The hangings on the north side were also 150 feet long, including their twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 -

The bases for the posts were bronze; the hooks and bands of the posts were silver; and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. All the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 -

It had four posts with their four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and their top plating and their bands were silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 -

All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 -

The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 -

He made with it the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grate, all the utensils for the altar,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 -

the bronze altar with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 -

“A clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled is to be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 -

So the priest Eleazar took the bronze firepans that those who were burned had presented, and they were hammered into plating for the altar,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 -

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. Whenever someone was bitten, and he looked at the bronze snake, he recovered.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 -

“The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 -

“a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 -

“The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 -

May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze,

and your strength last as long as you live.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 -

“For all the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze and iron, are dedicated to the LORD and must go into the LORD’s treasury.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 -

They burned the city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 -

he said, “Return to your homes with great wealth: a huge number of cattle, and silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a large quantity of clothing. Share the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 -

The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 -

and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 -

There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 -

Then Saul had his own military clothes put on David. He put a bronze helmet on David’s head and had him put on armor.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 -

Your hands were not bound,

your feet not placed in bronze shackles.

You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.

And all the people wept over him even more.


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