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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
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Nahash = "serpent"
  2. 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
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.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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.

(c) 2 Samuel 17:27.

(d) 2 Samuel 17:25.


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List of Word Forms
נָחָ֔שׁ נָחָ֖שׁ נָחָ֗שׁ נָחָ֜שׁ נָחָ֞שׁ נָחָשׁ֙ נחש nā·ḥāš naChash nāḥāš
 
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