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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 - As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze H5178 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 - “This is the [fn]contribution which you are to take from them: gold, silver, and bronze H5178,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 -

“You shall also make fifty clasps of [fn]bronze H5178, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and [fn]join the tent together so that it will be [fn]a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - “And you shall make five pillars of acacia for the curtain and overlay them with gold, their hooks also of gold; and you shall cast five bases of [fn]bronze H5178 for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - “You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with [fn]bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - “And you shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels, its basins, its forks, and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - “You shall also make for it a grating, a netting of bronze H5178, and on the netting you shall make four bronze H5178 rings [fn]at its four corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - “You shall also make carrying poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood and overlay them with bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze H5178; the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands shall be of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - “Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a [fn]hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty bases of bronze H5178; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - “All the pillars around the courtyard shall be joined together with silver, with their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length of the courtyard shall be a [fn]hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - “All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the courtyard, shall be of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make a basin of [fn]bronze H5178, with its base of bronze H5178, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to create [fn]artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in [fn]bronze H5178,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - ‘Take from among you a [fn]contribution to the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the LORD’S [fn]contribution: gold, silver, and [fn]bronze H5178,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - the altar of burnt offering with its [fn]bronze H5178 grating, its poles, and all its [fn]utensils, the basin and its stand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone who could make a [fn]contribution of silver and [fn]bronze H5178 brought the LORD’S [fn]contribution; and everyone [fn]who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - to create [fn]designs for working in gold, in silver, and in [fn]bronze H5178,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - He also made fifty clasps of [fn]bronze H5178 to [fn]join the tent together so that it would be [fn]a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and he made its five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their [fn]bands with gold; but their five bases were of [fn]bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - And he made its horns on its four corners, its horns [fn]being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with [fn]bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - He also made all the utensils of the altar, the pails, the shovels, the basins, the meat-forks, and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a grating of bronze H5178 netting beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - He also cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze H5178 grating as holders for the poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:6 - He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 -

Moreover, he made the basin of bronze H5178 with its base of bronze H5178, [fn]from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, were made of bronze H5178; the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - For the north side there were a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze H5178, the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the bases for the pillars were of bronze H5178, the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the courtyard were furnished with silver [fn]bands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze H5178; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their [fn]bands were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All the pegs of the [fn]tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the bronze H5178 of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze H5178 altar and its bronze H5178 grating, and all the utensils of the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the [fn]bronze H5178 altar and its [fn]bronze H5178 grating, its poles and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze H5178 vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - So the priest Eleazar took the bronze H5178 censers which the men who were burned had offered, and they hammered them out as plating for the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a bronze H5178 serpent and put it on the flag pole; and it came about, that if a serpent bit someone, and he looked at the bronze H5178 serpent, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - only the gold and the silver, the bronze 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 where you will eat food without shortage, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - “[fn]The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze H5178, and the earth which is under you, iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 -

“Your [fn]bars will be iron and bronze H5178,

And as your days, so will your strength be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - “But all the silver and gold, and articles of bronze H5178 and iron are holy to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - Then they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze H5178 and iron, they put into the treasury of the [fn]house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - and said to [fn]them, “Return to your tents with great riches and with very many livestock, with silver, gold, bronze H5178, iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoils of your enemies with your brothers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and restrained him with bronze H5178 chains H5178, and he became a grinder in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - And he had a bronze H5178 helmet on his head, and he wore scale-armor [fn]which weighed [fn]five thousand shekels of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - He also had bronze H5178 [fn]greaves on his legs and a bronze H5178 [fn]saber slung between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul clothed David with his military attire and put a bronze H5178 helmet on his head, and outfitted him with armor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 -

“Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in bronze H5178 shackles H5178;

As one falls before the [fn]wicked, you have fallen.”

And all the people wept over him again.


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