H5178 - נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth)

H5178 נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth) nekh-o'-sheth

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

Derivation: for H5154 (נְחוּשָׁה);

KJV Usage: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.

TWOT Reference: 1349a,1350a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) copper, bronze

1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy)

1b) fetters (of copper or bronze)

1c) copper (as value)

2) lust, harlotry

2a) meaning dubious

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3976 G5470 G5475

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נְחֹשֶׁת nechôsheth BDB Definition: 1) copper, bronze 1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy) 1b) fetters (of copper or bronze) 1c) copper (as value) 2) lust, harlotry 2a) meaning dubious Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: for H5154 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1349a, 1350a Total KJV Occurrences: 142

Bible Occurrences (119)

4:22

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

6:28

16:39 21:9 31:22

8:9 28:23 33:25

6:19 6:24 22:8

16:21

17:5 17:6 17:38

3:34 8:8 8:10 21:16

4:13 7:14 7:15 7:16 7:27 7:30 7:38 7:45 7:47 8:64 14:27

16:14 16:15 16:17 18:4 25:7 25:13 25:14 25:16 25:17

15:19 18:8 18:10 22:3 22:14 22:16 29:2 29:7

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

8:27

107:16

60:17

1:18 6:28 15:12 15:20 39:7 52:11 52:17 52:18 52:20 52:22

3:7

1:7 9:2 16:36 22:18 22:20 24:11 27:13 40:3

10:6

6:1

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah...... gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain [was] Naamah.

Exodus 25:3

This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

Exodus 26:11

Make fifty bronze clasps and put [them] through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

Exodus 26:37

Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks -, and cast five bronze bases for them.

Exodus 27:2

Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 27:3

Make... all its utensils of bronze — its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

Exodus 27:4

Construct for it a grate... of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

Exodus 27:6

Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.