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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 1 / 3 (Gen 4:22–2Sa 3:34)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of[fn] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 - These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,[fn] with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits[fn] high, and with bronze bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - From what you have, take an offering for the LORD. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the LORD an offering of gold, silver and bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the LORD, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - They made all its utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze, and your strength will equal your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth—with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing—and divide the plunder from your enemies with your fellow Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[fn];

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked.” And all the people wept over him again.

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