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)

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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.
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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).