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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 2 / 3 (2Sa 8:8–Jer 6:28)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:8 - Also from [fn]Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - so Toi sent [fn]Joram his son to King David to [fn]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer [fn]had been at war with Toi. And in [fn]Joram’s hand were articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - Then Ishbi-benob, who was among those born to the [fn]giants, the weight of whose spear was [fn]three hundred shekels of bronze H5178 in weight, [fn]was girded with a new sword, and he [fn]intended to strike down David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 -

Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (now [fn]Havvoth-Jair—Jair being the son of Manasseh—which is in Gilead was his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze H5178 bars were his);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze H5178; and he was filled with wisdom and discernment and knowledge to do any work in bronze H5178. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 -

And he fashioned the two pillars of bronze H5178; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits [fn]measured the circumference of both.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - He also made two capitals of molten bronze H5178 to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five [fn]cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 -

Then he made the ten stands of bronze H5178; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - Now each stand had four bronze H5178 wheels with bronze H5178 axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the laver were cast supports with wreaths at each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 -

He also made ten lavers of bronze H5178, one laver held forty baths; each laver was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one laver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - and the pots and the shovels and the bowls; and all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh were of polished bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47 - And Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze H5178 could not be found out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - On the same day the king set apart as holy the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he [fn]offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze H5178 altar that was before Yahweh was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze H5178 in their place and committed them into the hand of the commanders of the [fn]guard who kept the door of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - Now as for the bronze H5178 altar, which was before Yahweh, [fn]he drew it away from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of Yahweh, and he put it on the north side of his altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15 - Then King Ahaz [fn]commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar offer up in smoke the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offering and their drink offerings; and splash on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze H5178 altar shall be for me to inquire by.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:17 -

Then King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands and removed the laver from them; he also took down the sea from the bronze H5178 oxen which were under it and put it on a pavement of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He took away the high places and shattered the sacred pillars and cut down the [fn]Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze H5178 serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel were burning incense to it; and it was called [fn]Nehushtan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze H5178 fetters H5178 and brought him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 -

Now the bronze H5178 pillars which were in the house of Yahweh, and the stands and the bronze H5178 sea which were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans shattered and carried the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze H5178 vessels which were used to minister.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh—the bronze H5178 of all these vessels was beyond weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of the one pillar was eighteen [fn]cubits, and a bronze H5178 capital was on it; the height of the capital was three [fn]cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze H5178. And the second pillar was like these with network.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze H5178;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - Also from [fn]Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze H5178, with which Solomon made the bronze H5178 sea and the pillars and the bronze H5178 utensils.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - so he sent [fn]Hadoram his son to King David to [fn]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - And David prepared large quantities of iron [fn]to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze H5178 than could be weighed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Now behold, [fn]with great pains I have prepared for the house of Yahweh 100,000 [fn]talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze H5178 and iron beyond weight, for [fn]they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - “Of the gold, the silver and the bronze H5178 and the iron there is no number. Arise and work, and may Yahweh be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - “Now with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze H5178 for the things of bronze H5178, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 [fn]darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass H5178, and 100,000 talents of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - Now the bronze H5178 altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, [fn]was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6 - And Solomon went up there before Yahweh to the bronze H5178 altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “So now, send me a wise man to work in gold, silver, brass H5178, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the wise men [fn]whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a [fn]Danite woman and [fn]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze H5178, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to devise any design which may be given to him, to work with your wise men and with the wise men of my lord David your father.

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Then he made a bronze H5178 altar, [fn]twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:9 - Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - And the pots and the shovels and the flesh hooks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze H5178 for King Solomon for the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:18 - Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze H5178 could not be found out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze H5178 platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 -

Then Solomon set apart as holy the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze H5178 altar which Solomon had made was not able to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze H5178 in their place and committed them to the hand of the commanders of the [fn]guard who kept the door of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and [fn]carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also craftsmen in iron and bronze H5178 to [fn]repair the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore Yahweh brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with [fn]hooks, bound him with bronze H5178 chains, and took him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze H5178 chains to lead him off to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 [fn]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze H5178, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 -

For He has shattered the doors of bronze H5178

And cut through the bars of iron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 -

“Instead of bronze H5178 I will bring gold,

And instead of iron I will bring silver,

And instead of wood, bronze H5178,

And instead of stones, iron.

And I will make peace your overseers

And righteousness your taskmasters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - “Now behold, I have given you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze H5178 against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests, and to the people of the land.

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All of them are rebelliously stubborn,

Going about as a slanderer.

They are bronze H5178 and iron;

They, all of them, are corrupt.


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