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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - As for Zillah H6741, she also H1571 gave H3205 birth H3205 to Tubal-cain H8423, the forger H3913 of all H3605 implements H2790 of bronze H5178 and iron H1270; and the sister H269 of Tubal-cain H8423 was Naamah H5279.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 - “This H2088 is the [fn]contribution H8641 which H834 you are to take H3947 from them: gold H2091, silver H3701, and bronze H5178,

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“You shall also make H6213 fifty H2572 clasps H7165 of [fn]bronze H5178, and you shall put H935 the clasps H7165 into the loops H3924 and [fn]join H2266 the tent H168 together H2266 so that it will be [fn]a unit H259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - “And you shall make H6213 five H2568 pillars H5982 of acacia H7848 for the curtain H4539 and overlay H6823 them with gold H2091, their hooks H2053 also of gold H2091; and you shall cast H3332 five H2568 bases H134 of [fn]bronze H5178 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - “You shall make H6213 its horns H7161 on its four H702 corners H6438; its horns H7161 shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay H6823 it with [fn]bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - “And you shall make H6213 its pails H5518 for removing H1878 its ashes H1878, and its shovels H3257, its basins H4219, its forks H4207, and its firepans H4289; you shall make H6213 all H3605 its utensils H3627 of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - “You shall also make H6213 for it a grating H4346, a netting H7568 of bronze H5178, and on the netting H7568 you shall make H6213 four H702 bronze H5178 rings H2885 [fn]at its four H702 corners H7098.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - “You shall also make H6213 carrying H905 poles H905 for the altar H4196, poles H905 of acacia H7848 wood H6086 and overlay H6823 them with bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - and its pillars H5982 shall be twenty H6242, with their twenty H6242 bases H134 of bronze H5178; the hooks H2053 of the pillars H5982 and their [fn]bands H2838 shall be of silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - “Likewise H3651 for the north H6828 side H6285 in length H753 there shall be hangings H7050 a [fn]hundred H3967 cubits long H753, and its twenty H6242 pillars H5982 with their twenty H6242 bases H134 of bronze H5178; the hooks H2053 of the pillars H5982 and their bands H2838 shall be of silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - “All H3605 the pillars H5982 around H5439 the courtyard H2691 shall be joined H2836 together H2836 with silver H3701, with their hooks H2053 of silver H3701 and their bases H134 of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length H753 of the courtyard H2691 shall be a [fn]hundred H3967 cubits H520, and the width H7341 fifty H2572 throughout, and the height H6967 five H2568 cubits H520 of fine H8336 twisted H7806 linen H8336, and their bases H134 of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - “All H3605 the utensils H3627 of the tabernacle H4908 used in all H3605 its service H5656, and all H3605 its pegs H3489, and all H3605 the pegs H3489 of the courtyard H2691, shall be of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make H6213 a basin H3595 of [fn]bronze H5178, with its base H3653 of bronze H5178, for washing H7364; and you shall put H5414 it between H996 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and the altar H4196, and you shall put H5414 water H4325 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to create H2803 [fn]artistic designs H4284 for work H6213 in gold H2091, in silver H3701, and in [fn]bronze H5178,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - ‘Take H3947 from among you a [fn]contribution H8641 to the LORD H3068; whoever H3605 is of a willing H5081 heart H3820 is to bring H935 it as the LORD’S H3068 [fn]contribution H8641: gold H2091, silver H3701, and [fn]bronze H5178,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 with its [fn]bronze H5178 grating H4346, its poles H905, and all H3605 its [fn]utensils H3627, the basin H3595 and its stand H3653;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone H3605 who could make H7311 a [fn]contribution H8641 of silver H3701 and [fn]bronze H5178 brought H935 the LORD’S H3068 [fn]contribution H8641; and everyone H3605 [fn]who H834 was H4672 H854 in H4672 H854 possession H4672 H854 of acacia H7848 wood H6086 for any H3605 work H4399 of the service H5656 brought H935 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - to create H2803 [fn]designs H4284 for working H6213 in gold H2091, in silver H3701, and in [fn]bronze H5178,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:18 - He also made H6213 fifty H2572 clasps H7165 of [fn]bronze H5178 to [fn]join H2266 the tent H168 together H2266 so that it would be [fn]a unit H259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and he made its five H2568 pillars H5982 with their hooks H2053, and he overlaid H6823 their tops H7218 and their [fn]bands H2838 with gold H2091; but their five H2568 bases H134 were of [fn]bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - And he made H6213 its horns H7161 on its four H702 corners H6438, its horns H7161 [fn]being H1961 of one piece with it, and he overlaid H6823 it with [fn]bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - He also made H6213 all H3605 the utensils H3627 of the altar H4196, the pails H5518, the shovels H3257, the basins H4219, the meat-forks H4207, and the firepans H4289; he made H6213 all H3605 its utensils H3627 of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made H6213 for the altar H4196 a grating H4346 of bronze H5178 netting H7568 beneath H8478, under H8478 its ledge H3749, reaching H5704 halfway H2677 up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - He also cast H3332 four H702 rings H2885 on the four H702 ends H7117 of the bronze H5178 grating H4346 as holders H1004 for the poles H905.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:6 - He made H6213 the poles H905 of acacia H7848 wood H6086 and overlaid H6823 them with bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 -

Moreover, he made H6213 the basin H3595 of bronze H5178 with its base H3653 of bronze H5178, [fn]from the mirrors H4759 of the serving H6633 women who H834 served H6633 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their twenty H6242 pillars H5982, and their twenty H6242 bases H134, were made of bronze H5178; the hooks H2053 of the pillars H5982 and their [fn]bands H2838 were of silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - For the north H6828 side H6285 there were a hundred H3967 cubits H520; their twenty H6242 pillars H5982 and their twenty H6242 bases H134 were of bronze H5178, the hooks H2053 of the pillars H5982 and their [fn]bands H2838 were of silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the bases H134 for the pillars H5982 were of bronze H5178, the hooks H2053 of the pillars H5982 and their [fn]bands H2838, of silver H3701; and the overlaying H6826 of their tops H7218, of silver H3701, and all H3605 the pillars H5982 of the courtyard H2691 were furnished H2836 with H2836 silver H3701 [fn]bands H2836.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - Their four H702 pillars H5982 and their four H702 bases H134 were of bronze H5178; their hooks H2053 were of silver H3701, and the overlaying H6826 of their tops H7218 and their [fn]bands H2838 were of silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All H3605 the pegs H3489 of the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and of the courtyard H2691 all H5439 around H5439 were of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the bronze H5178 of the wave H8573 offering H8573 was seventy H7657 talents H3603 and 2,400 H505 H702 H3967 shekels H8255.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - With it he made H6213 the bases H134 to the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and the bronze H5178 altar H4196 and its bronze H5178 grating H4346, and all H3605 the utensils H3627 of the altar H4196,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:39 - the [fn]bronze H5178 altar H4196 and its [fn]bronze H5178 grating H4346, its poles H905 and all H3605 its utensils H3627, the basin H3595 and its stand H3653;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘Also the earthenware H2789 vessel H3627 in which H834 it was boiled H1310 shall be broken H7665; and if H518 it was boiled H1310 in a bronze H5178 vessel H3627, then it shall be scoured H4838 and rinsed H7857 in water H4325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - So the priest H3548 Eleazar H499 took H3947 the bronze H5178 censers H4289 which H834 the men who were burned H8313 had offered H7126, and they hammered H7554 them out H7554 as plating H6826 for the altar H4196,

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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 BoxNum 31:22 - only H389 the gold H2091 and the silver H3701, the bronze H5178, the iron H1270, the tin H913, and the lead H5777,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land H776 where H834 you will eat H398 food H3899 without H3808 shortage H4544, in which you will not lack H2637 anything H3605; a land H776 whose H834 stones H68 are iron H1270, and out of whose hills H2022 you can dig H2672 copper H5178.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - “[fn]The heaven H8064 which H834 is over H5921 your head H7218 shall be bronze H5178, and the earth H776 which H834 is under H8478 you, iron H1270.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 -

“Your [fn]bars H4515 will be iron H1270 and bronze H5178,

And as your days H3117, so will your strength H1679 be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - “But all H3605 the silver H3701 and gold H2091, and articles H3627 of bronze H5178 and iron H1270 are holy H6944 to the LORD H3068; they shall go H935 into the treasury H214 of the LORD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - Then they burned H8313 the city H5892 with fire H784, and all H3605 that was in it. Only H7534 the silver H3701 and gold H2091, and the articles H3627 of bronze H5178 and iron H1270, they put H5414 into the treasury H214 of the [fn]house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - and said H559 to [fn]them, “Return H7725 to your tents H168 with great H7227 riches H5233 and with very H3966 many H7227 livestock H4735, with silver H3701, gold H2091, bronze H5178, iron H1270, and with very H3966 many H7235 clothes H8008; divide H2505 the spoils H7998 of your enemies H340 with your brothers H251.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines H6430 seized H270 him and gouged H5365 out H5365 his eyes H5869; and they brought H3381 him down H3381 to Gaza H5804 and restrained H631 him with bronze H5178 chains H5178, and he became H1961 a grinder H2912 in the prison H1004 H631.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - And he had a bronze H5178 helmet H3553 on his head H7218, and he wore H3847 scale-armor H7193 [fn]which weighed H4948 [fn]five H2568 thousand H505 shekels H8255 of bronze H5178.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - He also had bronze H5178 [fn]greaves H4697 on his legs H7272 and a bronze H5178 [fn]saber H3591 slung between H996 his shoulders H3802.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul H7586 clothed H3847 David H1732 with his military H4055 attire H4055 and put H5414 a bronze H5178 helmet H6959 on his head H7218, and outfitted H3847 him with armor H8302.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 -

“Your hands H3027 were not bound H631, nor H3808 your feet H7272 put H5066 in bronze H5178 shackles H5178;

As one falls H5307 before H6440 the [fn]wicked H5766 H1121, you have fallen H5307.”

And all H3605 the people H5971 wept H1058 over H5921 him again H3254.


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