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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 3 / 3 (Jer 15:12–Zec 6:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12 - Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen H5178 wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:7 - Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, H5178 to carry him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:11 - Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, H5178 and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:17 - Also the pillars of brass H5178 that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen H5178 sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass H5178 of them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:18 - The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass H5178 wherewith they ministered, took they away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:20 - The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen H5178 bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass H5178 of all these vessels was without weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - And a chapiter of brass H5178 was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. H5178 The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:7 - He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain H5178 heavy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen H5178 altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness H5178 was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:18 - Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, H5178 and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - As they gather silver, and brass, H5178 and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 - Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass H5178 of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:13 - Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass H5178 in thy market.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, H5178 with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, H5178 and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 - And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. H5178

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