נְחוּשָׁה nechushah

Hebrew word for “bronze” · Strong’s H5154 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) copper, bronze; 1a) copper (made from melting copper ore);

How it is translated

Glosses given for nechushah in context, with how often each is used:

• bronze 8
• like bronze 1
• copper 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 26 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 28 (1), Job 40 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Isaiah 45 (1), Isaiah 48 (1), Micah 4 (1)

Forms

• נחושׁה 9
• כנחשׁה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nechushah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בַּרְזֶל barzel “iron” 8
• קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 3
• נָחֵת nachat “to descend” 2
• לָמַד lamad “to learn” 2
• זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 2
• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 2
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 2

Key verses

The verses using nechushah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 26:19 — And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
• 2 Samuel 22:35 — He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
• Job 20:24 — He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
• Job 28:2 — Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
• Job 40:18 — His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
• Job 41:27 — He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
• Psalms 18:34 — He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
• Isaiah 45:2 — I 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:
• Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
• Micah 4:13 — Arise 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.