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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, the forger of every kind of tool of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 - And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - And thou shalt make fifty clasps of copper, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent, that it may be one whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - And thou shalt make for the curtain five pillars of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast five bases of copper for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - And thou shalt make its horns at the four corners thereof; its horns shall be of itself; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper.

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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 copper; and on the net shalt thou make four copper rings at its four corners;

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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 copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - and the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty bases of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - And likewise on the north side in length, hangings a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars, and their twenty bases of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods 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 fastened together with rods of silver; their hooks of silver, and their bases of copper.

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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 everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the utensils of the tabernacle for the service thereof and all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the court shall be of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, and its stand of copper, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to devise artistic work -- to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - Take from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah: every one whose heart is willing, let him bring it, Jehovah's heave-offering -- gold, and silver, and copper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - the altar of burnt-offering, and the copper grating for it, its staves, and all its utensils; the laver and its stand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - All they that offered a heave-offering of silver and copper brought Jehovah's heave-offering. And every one with whom was found acacia-wood for all manner of work of the service, brought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - and to devise artistic things: to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - And he made fifty clasps of copper to couple the tent, that it might be one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and its five pillars with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold; and their five bases were of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - And he made its horns on the four corners thereof; its horns were of itself; and he overlaid it with copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And he made all the utensils of the altar: the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils made he of copper.

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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 copper under its ledge from beneath, to the very middle of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - And he cast four rings for the four corners of the grating of copper, as receptacles 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 copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - And he made the laver of copper, and its stand of copper, of the mirrors of the crowds of women who crowded before the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And on the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - and the bases of the pillars of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with rods of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - and their pillars four, and their bases four, of copper; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting-rods of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - And he made with it the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the copper altar, and the copper grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the copper altar, and the copper grating that was for it, its staves and all its utensils; the laver and its stand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - And the earthen vessel wherein it hath been sodden shall be broken; and if it have been sodden in a copper pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - And Eleazar the priest took the copper censers, which they that were burnt had presented; and they were made broad plates 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 put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, and he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - Only the gold, and the silver, the copper, 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, where thou shalt lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains thou wilt dig copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - Iron and brass shall be thy bolts; And thy rest as thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - And all the silver, and gold, and vessels of copper and iron, shall be holy to Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - And they burned the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of copper 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 spoke to them, saying, Return unto your tents with much wealth and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with copper, and with iron, and with clothing, in very great quantity; 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 seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to 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 bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - And Saul clothed David with his dress, and put a helmet of bronze upon his head, and clothed him with a corselet.

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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 wicked men, Fellest thou! And all the people wept again over him.

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