Nechushah נְחוּשָׁה
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| נְחוּשָׁה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nechushah |
| Strong's number | H5154 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | bronze |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (4) |
Nechushah (Hebrew נְחוּשָׁה, Strong's H5154) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “bronze”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) copper, bronze
1a) copper (made from melting copper ore)
1b) bronze (made from copper and alloy)
Aramaic equivalent: ne.chash (נְחָשׁ "bronze" H5174)
1a) copper (made from melting copper ore)
1b) bronze (made from copper and alloy)
Aramaic equivalent: ne.chash (נְחָשׁ "bronze" H5174)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | brass (7), steel (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bronze (7), like bronze (1), bronze tipped (1), copper (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nechushah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 26:19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Job
- Job 20:24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
- Job 28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
- Job 40:18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
- Job 41:27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
Psalms
- Psalm 18:34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
Micah
- Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).