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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; 7:14; 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 - And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain is Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 - 'And this is the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - and thou hast made fifty hooks of brass, and hast brought in the hooks into the loops, and hast joined the tent, and it hath been one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - and thou hast made for the covering five pillars of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, their pegs are of gold, and thou hast cast for them five sockets of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it with brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And thou hast made its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its fire-pans, even all its vessels thou dost make of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - 'And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - 'And thou hast made staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets are of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are of silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - and so for the north side in length, hangings of a hundred cubits in length, and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets are of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the pillars of the court round about are filleted with silver, their pegs are silver, and their sockets brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - 'The length of the court is a hundred by the cubit, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twined linen, and their sockets are brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - even all the vessels of the tabernacle, in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, are brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - 'And thou hast made a laver of brass (and its base of brass), for washing; and thou hast put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - Take ye from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah; every one whose heart is willing doth bring it, -- the heave-offering of Jehovah, -- gold, and silver, and brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - 'The altar of burnt-offering and the brazen grate which it hath, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - every one lifting up a heave-offering of silver and brass have brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah; and every one with whom hath been found shittim wood for any work of the service brought it in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - even to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - and he maketh fifty hooks of brass to join the tent -- to be one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - also its five pillars, and their pegs; and he overlaid their tops and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets are brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - and he maketh its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlayeth it with brass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - and he maketh all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the sprinkling-pans, the forks, and the fire-pans; all its vessels he hath made of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he maketh for the altar a brazen grate of net-work, under its border beneath, unto its midst;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - and he casteth four rings for the four ends of the brazen grate -- places for bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:6 - and he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with brass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - And he maketh the laver of brass, and its base of brass, with the looking-glasses of the women assembling, who have assembled at the opening of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their pillars are twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - and at the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars are twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - and the sockets for the pillars of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court are filleted with silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - and their pillars are four, and their sockets of brass four, their pegs are of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets are of silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - and all the pins for the tabernacle, and for the court round about, are of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the brass of the wave-offering is seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - and he maketh with it the sockets of the opening of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate which it hath, and all the vessels of the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the brazen altar and the brazen grate which it hath, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - and an earthen vessel in which it is boiled is broken, and if in a brass vessel it is boiled, then it is scoured and rinsed with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses maketh a serpent of brass, and setteth it on the ensign, and it hath been, if the serpent hath bitten any man, and he hath looked expectingly unto the serpent of brass -- he hath lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - 'And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - Iron and brass are thy shoes, And as thy days -- thy strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they are to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - And the city they have burnt with fire, and all that is in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass, and of iron, they have given to the treasury of the house of Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - and speak unto them, saying, 'With great riches turn ye back unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - and a helmet of brass is on his head, and with a scaled coat of mail he is clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail is five thousand shekels of brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - and a frontlet of brass is on his feet, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - And Saul clotheth David with his long robe, and hath put a helmet of brass on his head, and doth clothe him with a coat of mail.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil -- Thou hast fallen!' and all the people add to weep over him.

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