נְחֻשְׁתָּןNᵉchushtân
proper name, feminine: proper name, feminine given to bronze serpent, probably = bronze-god (2 Kings 18:4; Numbers 21:9)
Pronunciation: nekh-oosh-tawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5180
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.
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).