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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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“Can anyone smash iron,

Iron from the north, or bronze H5178?

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“Then I will make you to this people

A fortified wall of bronze H5178;

And they will fight against you,

But they will not prevail against you,

For I am with you to save you

And deliver you,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:7 - He then blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters H5178 of H5178 bronze H5178 to bring him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:11 - Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze H5178 fetters H5178 and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.

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Now the bronze H5178 pillars which belonged to the house of Yahweh and the stands and the bronze H5178 sea, which were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans shattered and carried all their bronze H5178 to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:18 - They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the bowls, the [fn]pans, and all the bronze H5178 vessels which were used to minister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:20 - The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze H5178 bulls that were under [fn]the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh—the bronze H5178 of all these vessels was beyond weight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - Now a capital of bronze H5178 was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze H5178. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:7 -

Gimel

He has walled me in so that I cannot go out;

He has made my [fn]chain H5178 heavy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - And their legs were straight, and [fn]their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled like the gleam of burnished bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six men were coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a [fn]scribe’s case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze H5178 altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because your lewdness H5178 was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your sons which you gave to [fn]idols,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:18 - “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze H5178 and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - ‘As they gather silver and bronze H5178 and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will lay you there and melt you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 -

“Then stand it empty on its coals

So that it may be hot

And its bronze H5178 may [fn]glow

And its uncleanness may be melted in it,

Its rust brought to a complete end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:13 - “Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze H5178 they paid for your merchandise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze H5178, with a line of flax and a measuring [fn]rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like [fn]beryl, his face [fn]had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of burnished bronze H5178, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 -

Then I lifted up my eyes again and saw, and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze H5178 mountains.


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