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Strong's #5176 - נָחָשׁ

Transliteration

Nâchâsh

Phonetics

naw-khawsh'

Origin

the same as (H5175)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Nahash = "serpent"
n pr m
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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

BSB (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

CSB (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

ESV (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 3

KJV (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

LEB (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

LSB (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

N95 (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

NAS (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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; ᵐ5 Ναας.

2 father of Abigail and Zeruiah 2 Samuel 17:25, si vera lectio: ᵐ5 Ναας, but ᵐ5^L Ιεσσαι (compare 1 Chronicles 2:16); We^{Geschichte. 2. 57 Anm. 1 Löhr defend} נחשׁ; dubious We^Sm HPS.

3 giving name to a city, ׳עִיר נ 1 Chronicles 4:12, ᵐ5 πόλεως Ναας; ᵐ5^L Ηρναας.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָחָשׁ m.

(1) a serpent, so called from its hissing (see the root) Genesis 3:1, seq.; Exodus 4:3, 7:15 2 Kings 18:4. Used of the constellation of the serpent or dragon in the northern part of the sky, Arab. حَيَّة Job 26:13.

(2) [Nahash], pr.n.

(a) of a town otherwise unknown, 1 Chronicles 4:12.

(b) of a king of the Ammonites, 1 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 10:2, and of various men.

(d) 2 Samuel 17:25.

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List of Word Forms

נָחָ֔שׁ נָחָ֖שׁ נָחָ֗שׁ נָחָ֜שׁ נָחָ֞שׁ נָחָשׁ֙ נחש nā·ḥāš naChash nāḥāš