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Strong's #5178 - נְחשֶׁת
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- Strong
- copper, bronze
- copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy)
- fetters (of copper or bronze)
- copper (as value)
- lust, harlotry
- meaning dubious
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2395) shn (נההסה NHhSh) AC: ? CO: Bronze AB: ?
V) shn (נההסה NHhSh) - Divine: To learn something through divination. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (11): (vf: Piel) enchantment, divine, enchanter, indeed, certainly, learn, experience, diligently, observe - Strongs: H5172 (נָחַשׁ)
Nm) shn (נההסה NHhSh) - I. Bronze:[Aramaic only] II. Divination:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (11): brass, enchantment - Strongs: H5173 (נַחַשׁ), H5174 (נְחָשׁ)
cf2) tsfhn (נההוסהת NHhWShT) - Bronze: KJV (141): brass, brasen, fetters, chain, copper, filthiness, steel - Strongs: H5178 (נְחשֶׁת)
dm) sfhn (נההוסה NHhWSh) - Bronze: KJV (1): brass - Strongs: H5153 (נָחוּשׁ)
df1) esfhn (נההוסהה NHhWShH) - Bronze: KJV (10): brass, steel - Strongs: H5154 (נְחֻשָׁה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 Now Archaeology i. 243 Benz Archaeology 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 7:15 ff. +, 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 Nö ZMG xl (1886). 730); Sm proposes תַּזְנוּתַיִךְ, so apparently Toy Hpt; Or בָּשְׁתֵּךְ.
נְחשֶׁת comm. (m. Ezekiel 1:7; Daniel 10:6 f. 1 Chronicles 18:8); with suff. נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ.
(1) brass, χαλκός, i.e. copper, especially as hardened and tempered, and, like steel, used for weapons and other cutting instruments, Genesis 4:22; Exodus 26:11, 37 Exodus 26:37, and frequently. Metaph. Jeremiah 6:28, “they are all brass and iron,” i.e. ignoble, impure, like base metal.
(2) any thing made of brass.
(a) money, Ezekiel 16:36, יַעַן הִשָּׁפֵךְ נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ Vulg. quia effusum est œs tuum.
(b) a fetter, or bond of brass, Lamentations 3:7 especially dual נְחֻשְׁתַּיִם Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:34, double bonds.