נָחָשׁ nachash
Hebrew word for “serpent” · Strong’s H5175 · used 31 times in 28 verses
Meaning
1) serpent, snake; 1a) serpent; 1b) image (of serpent); 1c) fleeing serpent (mythological)
How it is translated
Glosses given for nachash in context, with how often each is used:
- snake 25
- snakes 3
- like snake 2
- like a snake 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 2 | 1.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 3 (5), Numbers 21 (3), Ecclesiastes 10 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 4 (1), Exodus 7 (1), Deuteronomy 8 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), Job 26 (1), Psalms 58 (1)
Forms
- נחשׁ 13
- הנחשׁ 9
- כנחשׁ 3
- לנחשׁ 2
- והנחשׁ 1
- הנחשׁים 1
- ונחשׁ 1
- נחשׁים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nachash more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נָשַׁךְ nashakh “to bite” 9
- צִפְעוֹנִי tsiphoni “serpent” 3
- שָׂרָף saraph “serpent” 3
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
- בָּרִיחַ bariach “fleeing” 2
- לַחַשׁ lachash “charm” 2
- עָפָר aphar “dust” 3
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 4
- מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 4
- עֵץ ets “tree” 3
- גַּן gan “garden” 2
- יָם yam “sea” 3
Key verses
The verses using nachash that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of…
- Genesis 3:13 — And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Numbers 21:7 — Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the…
- Deuteronomy 8:15 — Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee…
- 2 Kings 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the…
- Psalms 58:4 — Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
- Psalms 140:3 — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Isaiah 14:29 — Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit…
- Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall…
- Isaiah 65:25 — The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy…
- Amos 5:19 — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Micah 7:17 — They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear…
See all 28 verses in the Word Atlas
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.