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Lexicon :: Strong's H5178 - nᵊḥšeṯ

Aa
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 2 / 3 (2Sa 8:8–Jer 6:28)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:8 - Also from Betah[fn] and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - then Toi sent Joram[fn] his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - Ben-Geber,[fn] in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan—sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - Then he made two capitals of cast bronze, to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 - He also made ten carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - Then he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained forty baths, and each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. All these articles which Huram[fn] made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of burnished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47 - And Solomon did not weigh all the articles, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - On the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - He also brought the bronze altar which was before the LORD, from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the house of the LORD—and put it on the north side of the new altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15 - Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great new altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. And the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:17 - And King Ahaz cut off the panels of the carts, and removed the lavers from them; and he took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image[fn] and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - The bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried their bronze to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - They also took away the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - Also from Tibhath[fn] and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent Hadoram[fn] his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou); and Hadoram brought with him all kinds of articles of gold, silver, and bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates and for the joints, and bronze in abundance beyond measure,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Indeed I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house of the LORD one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond measure, for it is so abundant. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - “Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working, and the LORD be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - “Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, onyx stones, stones to be set, glistening stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble slabs in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - Now the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put[fn] before the tabernacle of the LORD; Solomon and the assembly sought Him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6 - And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - (the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre), skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple and blue, fine linen and crimson, and to make any engraving and to accomplish any plan which may be given to him, with your skillful men and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:1 - Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:9 - Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - also the pots, the shovels, the forks—and all their articles Huram his master[fn] craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:18 - And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven);

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - Furthermore Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to restore the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks,[fn] bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 - For He has broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - “Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
Instead of iron I will bring silver,
Instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
I will also make your officers peace,
And your magistrates righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - For behold, I have made you this day
A fortified city and an iron pillar,
And bronze walls against the whole land—
Against the kings of Judah,
Against its princes,
Against its priests,
And against the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28 - They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers.
They are bronze and iron,
They are all corrupters;

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