Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5180 - נְחֻשְׁתָּן
Transliteration
Nᵉchushtân
Phonetics
nekh-oosh-tawn'
Origin
from (H5178)
Parts of Speech
proper noun
TWOT
1347b
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Nehushtan = "a thing of brass"
- name by which the brazen serpent made by Moses in the wilderness was worshipped in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah before he destroyed it
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (1)
2 Kings
1
BSB (1)
2 Kings
1
CSB (1)
2 Kings
1
ESV (1)
2 Kings
1
KJV (1)
2 Kings
1
LEB (1)
2 Kings
1
LSB (1)
2 Kings
1
N95 (1)
2 Kings
1
NAS (1)
2 Kings
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
2 Kings
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
נְחֻשְׁתָּן proper name, feminine given to bronze serpent 2 Kings 18:4 probably = bronze-god (so Thes, see also Bau Semitic Rel. i. 288; compare נְחַשׁ נְחשֶׁת 2 Kings 18:4; Numbers 21:9 (twice in verse) ); — chief arg. ag. this are vocalization of ᵐ5 Νεσθαλει, A ᵐ5 L Νε(ε)σθαν, and comparative unimportance of material of which image was made; others think of נָחָשׁ serpent (Nö ZMG xlii (1888), 482 תן + נחשׁ, Klo on the passage יתן + נחשׁ); Lag BN 188,205 thinks loan-word
IV. נחשׁ (possibly √ of following, si vera lectio; but precise meaning uncertain; Gei Urschrift 392 compare Arabic 
[= goad, prick; 
a certain piece of perforated wood (Frey)], Late Hebrew נְחשֶׁת [ bottom of vessel, Levy NHWB iii. 374]).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
נְחֻשְׁתָּן m. (from נְחשֶׁת and the formative syllable ־ָן), adj. the serpent of brass, made by Moses, broken up by Hezekiah, which the Israelites had made an object of worship, 2 Kings 18:4.
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List of Word Forms
נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ נחשתן׃ nə·ḥuš·tān nechushTan nəḥuštān
