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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 - And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass H5178 and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain 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, H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, H5178 and put the taches 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 hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass H5178 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: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; H5178 and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen H5178 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 shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; H5178 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 of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; H5178 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 round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, H5178 and his foot also of brass, H5178 to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation 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 cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen H5178 grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

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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 H5178 brought the LORD'S offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim 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 curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - And he made fifty taches of brass H5178 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 chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. H5178

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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 basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a brasen H5178 grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst 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 ends of the grate of brass, H5178 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 shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - And he made the laver of brass, H5178 and the foot of it of brass, H5178 of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen H5178 sockets twenty; 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 the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass H5178 twenty; 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; H5178 the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters 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 of brass H5178 four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters 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. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the brass H5178 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 tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen H5178 altar, and the brasen H5178 grate 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 brasen H5178 altar, and his grate of brass, H5178 his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen H5178 pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - And Eleazar the priest took the brasen H5178 censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; 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, H5178 and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, H5178 he lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, H5178 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 any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. H5178

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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, H5178 and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; H5178 and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass H5178 and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

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 H5178 and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, H5178 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 - But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; H5178 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 an helmet of brass H5178 upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And he had greaves of brass H5178 upon his legs, and a target of brass H5178 between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass H5178 upon his head; also he armed 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: H5178 as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

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