H5178 - נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth)

H5178 נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth) nekh-o'-sheth

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

for 5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) — bronze. 1) copper, bronze 1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy) 1b) fetters (of copper or bronze) 1c) copper (as value)

נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) — lust. lust, harlotry

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

נְחֹשֶׁת (H5178)

noun f · נחשׁ

Metals | ≈ בְּדִיל · בַּרְזֶל · כֶּסֶף · עֹופֶרֶת

copper = a reddish-brown metal, ◄ mined from the hills, ► and used, together with tin, for the production of bronze

DEU 8:9 · EZK 22:18 · EZK 22:20 · EZK 24:11

Metals | ≈ בְּדִיל · בַּרְזֶל · זָהָב · כֶּסֶף · עֹופֶרֶת

bronze = a relatively hard yellowish-brown alloy ◄ consisting of copper and up to one-third of tin; ► used by a craftsman to create artifacts; ≈ associated with strength and security, but also with stubbornness; considered valuable, but not as much as silver and gold

GEN 4:22 · EXO 25:3 · EXO 26:11 · EXO 26:37 · EXO 27:2 · EXO 27:3 · EXO 27:4 · EXO 27:4 · EXO 27:6 · EXO 27:10 · EXO 27:11 · EXO 27:17 · EXO 27:18 · EXO 27:19 · EXO 30:18 · EXO 30:18 · EXO 31:4 · EXO 35:5 · EXO 35:16 · EXO 35:24 · EXO 35:32 · EXO 36:18 · EXO 36:38 · EXO 38:2 · EXO 38:3 · EXO 38:4 · EXO 38:5 · EXO 38:6 · EXO 38:8 · EXO 38:8 · EXO 38:10 · EXO 38:11 · EXO 38:17 · EXO 38:19 · EXO 38:20 · EXO 38:29 · EXO 38:30 · EXO 38:30 · EXO 39:39 · EXO 39:39 · LEV 6:21 · NUM 17:4 · NUM 21:9 · NUM 21:9 · NUM 31:22 · DEU 28:23 · DEU 33:25 · JOS 6:19 · JOS 6:24 · JOS 22:8 · 1SA 17:5 · 1SA 17:5 · 1SA 17:6 · 1SA 17:6 · 1SA 17:38 · 2SA 8:8 · 2SA 8:10 · 2SA 21:16 · 1KI 4:13 · 1KI 7:14 · 1KI 7:14 · 1KI 7:15 · 1KI 7:16 · 1KI 7:27 · 1KI 7:30 · 1KI 7:30 · 1KI 7:38 · 1KI 7:45 · 1KI 7:47 · 1KI 8:64 · 1KI 14:27 · 2KI 16:14 · 2KI 16:15 · 2KI 16:17 · 2KI 18:4 · 2KI 25:13 · 2KI 25:13 · 2KI 25:13 · 2KI 25:14 · 2KI 25:16 · 2KI 25:17 · 2KI 25:17 · 1CH 15:19 · 1CH 18:8 · 1CH 18:8 · 1CH 18:8 · 1CH 18:10 · 1CH 22:3 · 1CH 22:14 · 1CH 22:16 · 1CH 29:2 · 1CH 29:2 · 1CH 29:7 · 2CH 1:5 · 2CH 1:6 · 2CH 2:6 · 2CH 2:13 · 2CH 4:1 · 2CH 4:9 · 2CH 4:16 · 2CH 4:18 · 2CH 6:13 · 2CH 7:7 · 2CH 12:10 · 2CH 24:12 · EZR 8:27 · PSA 107:16 · ISA 60:17 · ISA 60:17 · JER 1:18 · JER 6:28 · JER 15:12 · JER 15:20 · JER 52:17 · JER 52:17 · JER 52:17 · JER 52:18 · JER 52:20 · JER 52:20 · JER 52:22 · JER 52:22 · EZK 1:7 · EZK 9:2 · EZK 27:13 · EZK 40:3 · DAN 10:6 · ZEC 6:1

Cords

chains, fetters literally: bronze; hence: = chains or shackles, ◄ made out of bronze, ► and attached to the feet of a captive ► in order to restrain their movements

JDG 16:21 · 2SA 3:34 · 2KI 25:7 · 2CH 33:11 · 2CH 36:6 · JER 39:7 · JER 52:11 · LAM 3:7

noun f

Desire | ≈ עֶרְוָה

desire, lust meaning unsure, possibly: = state in which humans are sexually attracted to someone else

EZK 16:36

¹ EZK 16:36 NIV "wealth" NJB "money" = [1] | NJPS REB "brazen" | RSV "shame" NRSV ESV "lust" = [2]

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נְחֹ֫שֶׁת 137 n.m. copper, bronze copper

fetters of copper or bronze

as less in value than gold but more than wood

fig. of pitiless sky

base

[נְחֹ֫שֶׁת] n.[f.] Ez 16:36 where context favours mng. lust, harlotry, or specif. sens. obscoen. ref