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Lexicon :: Strong's H5176 - nāḥāš

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נָחָשׁ
Transliteration
nāḥāš
Pronunciation
naw-khawsh'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as נָחָשׁ (H5175)
Strong’s Definitions

נָחָשׁ Nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; the same as H5175; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite:—Nahash.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H5176 in the following manner: Nahash (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H5176 in the following manner: Nahash (9x).

  1. Nahash = "serpent"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a king of the Ammonites during the time of king Saul

    2. the father of Abigail, the mother of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחָשׁ Nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; the same as H5175; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite:—Nahash.
STRONGS H5176: Abbreviations
† II. נָחָשׁ proper name, masculine
1. king of Ammon 1 Samuel 11:1 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 12:12; 2 Samuel 10:2; 1 Chronicles 19:1, 2; perhaps also 2 Samuel 17:27; Greek Version of the LXX Ναας.
2. father of Abigail and Zeruiah 2 Samuel 17:25, si vera lectio: Greek Version of the LXX Ναας, but LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιεσσαι (compare 1 Chronicles 2:16); WeGeschichte. 2. 57 Anm. 1 Löhr defend נחשׁ; dubious WeSm HPS.
3. giving name to a city, עִיר נ׳ [H5904 1 Chronicles 4:12], Greek Version of the LXX πόλεως Ναας; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ηρναας.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:2; 12:12

2 Samuel

10:2; 17:25; 17:27

1 Chronicles

2:16; 19:1; 19:2

H5176

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Strong's Number H5176 matches the Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nāḥāš),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Nahash[fn] the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[fn] an Ishmaelite[fn] who had married Abigail[fn], the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 - When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 - In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s envoys came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites to express sympathy to him,
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