נְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôsheth
נְח֫שֶׁת: copper, bronze
Pronunciation: nekh-o'-sheth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5178
Meanings
1. copper (Deuteronomy 8:9; Zechariah 6:8; Genesis 4:22)
2. fetters of copper or bronze (Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7)
3. as less in value than gold but more than wood (Isaiah 60:17; Jeremiah 6:28; Ezekiel 22:18)
נְח֫שֶׁת: context (|| עֶרְוָה) favours meaning lust, harlotry, text perhaps corrupt (Ezekiel 16:36)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 140 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:22 Lamech’s other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
- Exodus 25:3 Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
- Exodus 26:11 Then make fifty bronze clasps, and fasten the loops of the long curtains with the clasps. In this way, the tent covering will be made of one continuous piece.
- Exodus 26:37 Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.
- Exodus 27:2 Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze.
- Exodus 27:3 Make ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans, all of bronze.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:22
- Exodus 25:3, 26:11, 26:37, 27:2, 27:3, 27:4, 27:6, 27:10, 27:11, 27:17, 27:18, 27:19, 30:18, 31:4, 35:5, 35:16, 35:24, 35:32, 36:18, 36:38, 38:2, 38:3, 38:4, 38:5, 38:6, 38:8, 38:10, 38:11, 38:17, 38:19, 38:20, 38:29, 38:30, 39:39
- Leviticus 6:28
- Numbers 16:39, 21:9, 31:22
- Deuteronomy 8:9, 28:23, 33:25
- Joshua 6:19, 6:24, 22:8
- Judges 16:21
- 1 Samuel 17:5, 17:6, 17:38
- 2 Samuel 3:34, 8:8, 8:10, 21:16
- 1 Kings 4:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 7:27, 7:30, 7:38, 7:45, 7:47, 8:64, 14:27
- 2 Kings 16:14, 16:15, 16:17, 18:4, 25:7, 25:13, 25:14, 25:16, 25:17
- 1 Chronicles 15:19, 18:8, 18:10, 22:3, 22:14, 22:16, 29:2, 29:7
- 2 Chronicles 1:5, 1:6, 2:7, 2:14, 4:1, 4:9, 4:16, 4:18, 6:13, 7:7, 12:10, 24:12, 33:11, 36:6
- Ezra 8:27
- Psalms 107:16
- Isaiah 60:17
- Jeremiah 1:18, 6:28, 15:12, 15:20, 39:7, 52:11, 52:17, 52:18, 52:20, 52:22
- Lamentations 3:7
- Ezekiel 1:7, 9:2, 16:36, 22:18, 22:20, 24:11, 27:13, 40:3
- Daniel 10:6
- Zechariah 6:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).