נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet

Hebrew word for “bronze” · Strong’s H5178 · used 140 times in 119 verses

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Meaning

1) copper, bronze; 1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy); 1b) fetters (of copper or bronze); 1c) copper (as value)

Senses in the lexicon

• bronze (139)
• lust (1)

How it is translated

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

• bronze 123
• bronze fetters 8
• will be bronze 5
• copper 3
• lust 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 38 (13), Exodus 27 (9), 1 Kings 7 (8), 2 Kings 25 (5), Jeremiah 52 (5), Exodus 35 (4), 2 Chronicles 4 (4), 1 Samuel 17 (3), 2 Kings 16 (3), 1 Chronicles 22 (3)

Forms

• נחשׁת 75
• הנחשׁת 30
• ונחשׁת 11
• בנחשׁתים 6
• ובנחשׁת 4
• בנחשׁת 2
• נחשׁתם 2
• לנחשׁת 2
• ולנחשׁת 2
• לנחשׁתים 1

Words used with it

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

• בַּרְזֶל barzel “iron” 23
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 27
• עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 19
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 23
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 20
• אֶדֶן eden “socket” 11
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 16
• וָו vav “hook” 9
• מְכוֹנָה mekhonah “base” 8
• כִּיֹּר kiyyor “basin” 8
• חָשׁוּק chashuq “ring” 7
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 12

Key verses

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

• Exodus 38:8 — And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of…
• Deuteronomy 33:25 — Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
• Judges 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
• 2 Kings 16:15 — And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt…
• 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…
• 2 Kings 25:7 — And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
• 1 Chronicles 29:2 — Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for…
• 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and…
• Jeremiah 1:18 — For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the…
• Jeremiah 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to…
• Jeremiah 52:18 — The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
• Ezekiel 16:36 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of…

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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.