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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 - 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 [fn]raise from them: gold, silver and bronze, H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - “You shall 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 - “You shall make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold, their hooks also being of gold; and you shall cast five [fn]sockets 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 - “You shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and 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 make for it a grating of network of bronze, H5178 and on the net 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 make 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 [fn]sockets 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 one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty [fn]sockets 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 court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their [fn]sockets of bronze. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their [fn]sockets 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 court, 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 laver 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 [fn]make 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, let him 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 [fn]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 every man [fn]who had in his possession 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 - [fn]to make designs for working in gold and in silver and in [fn]bronze, H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - He 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 [fn]sockets were of [fn]bronze. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - 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 made all the utensils of the altar, the pails and the shovels and the basins, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - He 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 Box Exo 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - Moreover, he made the laver 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 [fn]sockets, 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 one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty [fn]sockets 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 - The [fn]sockets for the pillars were of [fn]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 court 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 [fn]sockets 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 court all around were of bronze. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze H5178 of the wave offering was 70 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 [fn]sockets 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 laver 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 Eleazar the priest took the bronze H5178 censers which the men who were burned had offered, and they hammered them out as a plating for the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses made a bronze H5178 serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to 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 scarcity, 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 locks will be iron and bronze, H5178
And according to your days, so will your leisurely walk 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 - They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and 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 much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, H5178 iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoil 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 bound him with bronze H5178 chains, H5178 and he was a grinder in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a bronze H5178 helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor [fn]which weighed 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 javelin 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 garments and put a bronze H5178 helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - “Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters; H5178
As one falls before the [fn]wicked, you have fallen.”
And all the people wept again over him.

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