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Lexicon :: Strong's H5175 - nāḥāš

Aa
נָחָשׁ
Transliteration
nāḥāš
Pronunciation
naw-khawsh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1347a

Strong’s Definitions

נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H5175 in the following manner: serpent (31x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H5175 in the following manner: serpent (31x).

  1. serpent, snake

    1. serpent

    2. image (of serpent)

    3. fleeing serpent (mythological)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.
STRONGS H5175: Abbreviations
† I. נָחָשׁ noun masculineGenesis 3:1 serpent (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb063802 serpent, viper (Lane406 anything hunted) is compare by LagM, i, 230; BN 50, 188 BaEs 48, but improbable; Arabic bdb063803 see below [נָחַשׁ below; on formation compare LagBN 50); — absolute נ׳ Amos 5:19 +; construct נְחַשׁ Numbers 21:9 + 2 times; plural נְחָשִׁים Numbers 21:6; Jeremiah 8:17; —
1. serpent:
a. as biting, Amos 5:19; Ecclesiastes 10:8, in spite of charm (לַחַשׁ) Ecclesiastes 10:11 [compare Ecclus 12:13], Jeremiah 8:17 (+ צִפְעֹנִים; figurative of enemies); so הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְׁרָפִים Numbers 21:6 (deadly; J E; compare JacobArab. Dicht. iv. 10 ff.), and singular Numbers 21:9, also (collective) Numbers 21:7 compare שָׂרָף נ׳ Deuteronomy 8:15 (+ עַקְרָב); נ׳ figurative of oppressor, מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ נָחָשׁ יֵצֵא צֶפַע וּפִרְיוֺ שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵף Isaiah 14:29; figurative of Dan Genesis 49:17 (poem in J; || שְׁפִיפֹן); הֲמַת נ׳ Psalm 58:5 (simile of perniciousness of ungodly), compare נ׳ Psalm 140:4; simile of effect of wine Proverbs 22:32 (|| צִפִעֹנִי).
b. rod becomes נ׳ Exodus 4:3 (J), compare Exodus 7:15 (E); עֲלֵי צוּר דֶּרֶךְ נ׳ Proverbs 30:19.
c. נ׳ (apparently) as hissing Jeremiah 46:22 (in simile, compare Gie); as eating dust Isaiah 65:25 compare Micah 7:17 (in simile; see also Genesis 3:14).
d. as crafty tempter Genesis 3:1, 2, 4, 13, 14.
2. (הַ)נְּחשֶׁת נ׳, bronze image of serpent Numbers 21:9 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:4 (compare נְחֻשְׁתָּן).
3. mythological בָּרִחַ נ׳ Job 26:13 fleeing serpent, of eclipse-dragon (compareלִנְיָתָן Job 3:6); also בּרִחַ ֗֗֗ לִוְיָתָן נ׳ עֲקַלָּתוֺן לִוְיָתָן נ׳ Isaiah 27:1 (symbolic of world-powers); נ׳ of sea-monster Amos 9:3. — נ׳ with verb נָשַׁךְ bite Numbers 21:6 + 8 times On supernatural character of serpents in Arabic belief see NöZeitschr. Für Völkerpsychol. i.(1860), 412-416 RSKinship 197, Semitic i. 421 f., 2d ed, 442 WeSkizzen iii.147, Arab. Heid. 2, 152 f. JacobArab. Dicht. iv. 5
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:4; 3:13; 3:14; 3:14; 49:17

Exodus

4:3; 7:15

Numbers

21:6; 21:6; 21:6; 21:7; 21:9; 21:9; 21:9

Deuteronomy

8:15

2 Kings

18:4

Job

3:6; 26:13

Psalms

58:5; 140:4

Proverbs

30:19

Ecclesiastes

10:8; 10:11

Isaiah

14:29; 27:1; 65:25

Jeremiah

8:17; 8:17; 46:22

Amos

5:19; 5:19; 9:3

Micah

7:17

H5175

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5175 matches the Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nāḥāš),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now the serpent H5175 was more H4480 cunning H6175 than H4480 any H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704 which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 had made H6213. And he said H559 to the woman H802, “Has God H430 really H637 H3588 said H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from any H3605 tree H6086 of the garden H1588’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - The woman H802 said H559 to the serpent H5175, “From the fruit H6529 of the trees H6086 of the garden H1588 we may eat H398;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - The serpent H5175 said H559 to the woman H802, “You certainly H4191 will not die H4191!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - Then the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559 to the woman H802, “What H4100 is this H2088 that you have done H6213?” And the woman H802 said H559, “The serpent H5175 deceived H5378 me, and I ate H398.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - Then the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559 to the serpent H5175,

“Because H3588 you have done H6213 this H2088,

Cursed H779 are you more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the livestock H929,

And more H4480 than H4480 any H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704;

On your belly H1512 you shall go H1980,

And dust H6083 you shall eat H398

All H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416;

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“Dan H1835 shall be a serpent H5175 in the way H1870,

A horned H8207 viper H8207 in the path H734,

That bites H5391 the horse’s H5483 heels H6119,

So that its rider H7392 falls H5307 backward H268.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - Then He said H559, “Throw H7993 it on the ground H776.” So he threw H7993 it on the ground H776, and it turned H1961 into a serpent H5175; and Moses H4872 fled H5127 from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go H1980 to Pharaoh H6547 in the morning H1242 [fn]just H2009 as H2009 he is going H3318 out H3318 to the water H4325, and position H5324 yourself to meet H7122 him on the bank H8193 of the Nile H2975; and you shall take H3947 in your hand H3027 the staff H4294 that was turned H2015 into a serpent H5175.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - Then the LORD H3068 sent H7971 fiery H8314 serpents H8314 among the people H5971 and they bit H5391 the people H5971, so that many H7227 people H5971 of Israel H3478 died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - So the people H5971 came H935 to Moses H4872 and said H559, “We have sinned H2398, because H3588 we have spoken H1696 against the LORD H3068 and against you; intercede H6419 with the LORD H3068, that He will remove H5493 the serpents H5175 from us.” And Moses H4872 interceded H6419 for the people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses H4872 made H6213 a bronze H5178 serpent H5175 and put H7760 it on the flag H5251 pole; and it came H1961 about H1961, that if H518 a serpent H5175 bit H5391 someone H376, and he looked H5027 at the bronze H5178 serpent H5175, he lived H2421.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - He who led H1980 you through the great H1419 and terrible H3372 wilderness H4057, with its fiery H8314 serpents H8314 and scorpions H6137, and its thirsty H6774 ground H6774 where H834 there H369 was H369 no H369 water H4325; He who brought H3318 water H4325 for you out H3318 of the rock H6697 of flint H2496.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed H5493 the high H1116 places H1116 and smashed H7665 the memorial H4676 stones H4676 to H7665 pieces H7665, and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah H842. He also crushed H3807 to H3807 pieces H3807 the bronze H5178 serpent H5175 that Moses H4872 had made H6213, for until H5704 those H1992 days H3117 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had been burning H6999 incense H6999 to it; and it was called H7121 [fn]Nehushtan H5180.

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“By His breath H7307 the heavens H8064 are [fn]cleared H8235;

His hand H3027 has pierced H2490 the fleeing H1281 serpent H5175.

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They have venom H2534 like H1823 the venom H2534 of a serpent H5175;

Like H3644 a deaf H2795 cobra H6620 that stops H331 up H331 its ear H241,

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They sharpen H8150 their tongues H3956 like a snake H5175;

The venom H2534 of a viper H5919 is under H8478 their lips H8193. Selah H5542

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In the end H319 it bites H5391 like a snake H5175

And stings H6567 like a viper H6848.

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The way H1870 of the eagle H5404 in the sky H8064,

The way H1870 of a snake H5175 on a rock H6697,

The way H1870 of a ship H591 in the middle H3820 of the sea H3220,

And the way H1870 of a man H1397 with a [fn]virgin H5959.

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One who digs H2658 a pit H1475 may fall H5307 into it, and a serpent H5175 may bite H5391 one who breaks H6555 through H6555 a wall H1447.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If H518 the serpent H5175 bites H5391 [fn]before being charmed H3908, there H369 is H369 no H369 benefit H3504 for the charmer H1167 H3956.

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“Do not rejoice H8055, Philistia H6429, all H3605 of you,

Because H3588 the rod H7626 that struck H5221 you is broken H7665;

For from the serpent’s H5175 root H8328 a viper H6848 will come H3318 out H3318,

And its fruit H6529 will be a winged H5774 serpent H8314.

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On that day H3117 the LORD H3068 will punish H6485 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the fleeing H1281 serpent H5175,

With His fierce H7186 and great H1419 and mighty H2389 sword H2719,

Even H5921 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the twisted H6129 serpent H5175;

And He will kill H2026 the dragon H8577 who H834 lives in the sea H3220.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf H2061 and the lamb H2924 will graze H7462 together H259, and the lion H738 will eat H398 straw H8401 like the ox H1241; and dust H6083 will be the serpent’s H5175 food H3899. They will do H7489 no H3808 evil H7489 or harm H7843 on all H3605 My holy H6944 mountain H2022,” says H559 the LORD H3068.

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“For behold H2009, I am sending H7971 serpents H5175 among you,

Vipers H6848 for which H834 there H369 is H369 no H369 charm H3908;

And they will bite H5391 you,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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“Its sound H6963 moves H1980 along like a serpent H5175;

For they move H1980 on [fn]like an army H2428

And come H935 to her as woodcutters H2404 with axes H7134.

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As when H834 a man H376 flees H5127 from a lion H738

And a bear H1677 confronts H6293 him,

[fn]Or he goes H935 home H1004, leans H5564 with his hand H3027 against H5921 the wall H7023,

And a snake H5175 bites H5391 him.

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“And though H518 they hide H2244 on the summit H7218 of Carmel H3760,

I will track H2664 them down H2664 and take H3947 them from there H8033;

And though H518 they hide H5641 themselves from My sight H5869 on the bottom H7172 of the sea H3220,

I will command H6680 the serpent H5175 from there H8033, and it will bite H5391 them.

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They will lick H3897 up H3897 dust H6083 like a snake H5175,

Like [fn]reptiles H2119 of the earth H776.

They will come H7264 trembling H7264 out of their [fn]fortresses H4526;

To the LORD H3068 our God H430 they will come H6342 in H6342 trepidation H6342,

And they will be H3372 afraid H3372 of You.

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