נְחֹ֫שֶׁת
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
114 distinct verses where H5178 appears in the Absolute state, across 20 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Exodus 33 verses
- Exodus 25:3 וּ/נְחֹֽשֶׁת conj + n c fs This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass,
- Exodus 26:11 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
- Exodus 26:37 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
- Exodus 27:2 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
- Exodus 27:3 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.
- Exodus 27:4 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת נְחֹ֔שֶׁת n c fs n c fs You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four brazen rings in its four corners.
- Exodus 27:6 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
- Exodus 27:10 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs and the pillars of it shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
- Exodus 27:11 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת n c fs Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and the pillars of it twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 27:17 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 27:18 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 27:19 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs All the instruments of the tent in all its service, and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
- Exodus 30:18 נְחֹ֛שֶׁת נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs n c fs "You shall also make a basin of brass, and the base of it of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
- Exodus 31:4 וּ/בַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת conj + prep det + n c fs to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
- Exodus 35:5 וּ/נְחֹֽשֶׁת conj + n c fs 'Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh's offering: gold, silver, brass,
- Exodus 35:16 הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
- Exodus 35:24 וּ/נְחֹ֔שֶׁת conj + n c fs Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
- Exodus 35:32 וּ/בַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת conj + prep det + n c fs and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,
- Exodus 36:18 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.
- Exodus 36:38 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.
- Exodus 38:2 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
- Exodus 38:3 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass.
- Exodus 38:4 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
- Exodus 38:5 הַ/נְּחֹ֑שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs He cast four rings for the four ends of brass grating, to be places for the poles.
- Exodus 38:6 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
- Exodus 38:8 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs n c fs He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
- Exodus 38:10 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
- Exodus 38:11 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 38:17 נְחֹשֶׁת֒ n c fs The sockets for the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
- Exodus 38:19 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 38:20 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.
- Exodus 38:30 הַ/נְּחֹ֔שֶׁת הַ/נְּחֹ֖שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
- Exodus 39:39 הַ/נְּחֹ֗שֶׁת הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs the brazen altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base,
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 3 verses
- Numbers 16:39 הַ/נְּחֹ֔שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
- Numbers 21:9 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת הַ/נְּחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
- Numbers 31:22 הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 8:9 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
- Deuteronomy 28:23 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
- Deuteronomy 33:25 וּ/נְחֹ֖שֶׁת conj + n c fs Your bars shall be iron and brass; As your days, so shall your strength be.
Joshua 3 verses
- Joshua 6:19 נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ n c fs But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh: they shall come into the treasury of Yahweh.
- Joshua 6:24 הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs They burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Yahweh.
- Joshua 22:8 וּ/בִ/נְחֹ֧שֶׁת conj + prep + n c fs and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 17:5 נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת n c fs n c fs He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
- 1 Samuel 17:6 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs n c fs He had brass shin-armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
- 1 Samuel 17:38 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs Saul clad David with his clothing, and he put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
2 Samuel 4 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:34 לִ/נְחֻשְׁתַּ֣יִם prep + n c fd Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so did you fall. All the people wept again over him.
- 2 Samuel 8:8 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
- 2 Samuel 8:10 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
- 2 Samuel 21:16 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת n c fs and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
1 Kings 11 verses
- 1 Kings 4:13 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs Ben Geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars);
- 1 Kings 7:14 נְחֹשֶׁת֒ בַּ/נְּחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs prep det + n c fs He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- 1 Kings 7:15 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
- 1 Kings 7:16 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:27 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits the height of it.
- 1 Kings 7:30 נְחֹ֜שֶׁת נְחֹ֔שֶׁת n c fs n c fs Every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it had supports: beneath the basin were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
- 1 Kings 7:38 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on very one of the ten bases one basin.
- 1 Kings 7:45 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Yahweh, were of burnished brass.
- 1 Kings 7:47 הַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.
- 1 Kings 8:64 הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
- 1 Kings 14:27 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 16:14 הַ/נְּחֹשֶׁת֮ ptcl def.art + n c fs The brazen altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Yahweh, and put it on the north side of his altar.
- 2 Kings 16:15 הַ/נְּחֹ֛שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
- 2 Kings 16:17 הַ/נְּחֹ֖שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
- 2 Kings 18:4 הַ/נְּחֹ֜שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
- 2 Kings 25:7 בַֽ/נְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם prep det + n c fd They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:13 הַ/נְּחֹ֜שֶׁת הַ/נְּחֹ֛שֶׁת נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖/ם ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:14 הַ/נְּחֹ֛שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs The pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.
- 2 Kings 25:17 נְחֹשֶׁת֮ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs n c fs The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
1 Chronicles 8 verses
- 1 Chronicles 15:19 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
- 1 Chronicles 18:8 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ הַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 וּ/נְחֹֽשֶׁת conj + n c fs he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and struck him; (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3 וּ/נְחֹ֥שֶׁת conj + n c fs David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 וְ/לַ/נְּחֹ֤שֶׁת conj + prep det + n c fs Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 22:16 וְ/לַ/נְּחֹ֥שֶׁת conj + prep det + n c fs of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Yahweh be with you.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 וְ/הַ/נְּחֹ֣שֶׁת לַ/נְּחֹ֗שֶׁת conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs prep det + n c fs Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 וּ/נְחֹ֕שֶׁת conj + n c fs and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
2 Chronicles 14 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 הַ/נְּחֹ֗שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly sought to it.
- 2 Chronicles 1:6 הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 וּ/בַ/נְּחֹ֣שֶׁת conj + prep det + n c fs Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave [all manner of] engravings, [to be] with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 בַּ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת prep det + n c fs the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת n c fs Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it.
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 נְחֹֽשֶׁת n c fs Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
- 2 Chronicles 4:16 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels of it, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of Yahweh of bright brass.
- 2 Chronicles 4:18 הַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 נְחֹ֗שֶׁת n c fs (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
- 2 Chronicles 7:7 הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.
- 2 Chronicles 12:10 נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
- 2 Chronicles 24:12 וּ/נְחֹ֔שֶׁת conj + n c fs The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also such as worked iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 בַּֽ/נְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם prep det + n c fd Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 בַּֽ/נְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם prep det + n c fd Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Ezra 1 verse
Psalms 1 verse
Isaiah 1 verse
Jeremiah 10 verses
- Jeremiah 1:18 נְחֹ֖שֶׁת n c fs For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes of it, against the priests of it, and against the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 6:28 נְחֹ֣שֶׁת n c fs They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
- Jeremiah 15:12 וּ/נְחֹֽשֶׁת conj + n c fs Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
- Jeremiah 15:20 נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ n c fs I will make you to this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 39:7 בַּֽ/נְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם prep det + n c fd Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:11 בַֽ/נְחֻשְׁתַּ֗יִם prep det + n c fd He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
- Jeremiah 52:17 הַ/נְּחֹ֜שֶׁת הַ/נְּחֹ֛שֶׁת נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖/ם ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:18 הַ/נְּחֹ֛שֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.
- Jeremiah 52:20 נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ לִ/נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖/ם n c fs prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- Jeremiah 52:22 נְחֹ֗שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת n c fs n c fs A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
Ezekiel 6 verses
- Ezekiel 1:7 נְחֹ֥שֶׁת n c fs Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.
- Ezekiel 9:2 הַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת ptcl def.art + n c fs Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
- Ezekiel 22:18 נְ֠חֹשֶׁת n c fs Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
- Ezekiel 22:20 וּ֠/נְחֹשֶׁת conj + n c fs As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
- Ezekiel 27:13 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת n c fs Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
- Ezekiel 40:3 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת n c fs He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Daniel 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun נחשת centers on the idea of “bronze.” Where the King James Version says “brass,” newer translations reach for “bronze” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 119 verses across 21 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. The word gravitates to Exodus (29%), then 2 Chronicles and 1 Kings. The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5178 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 119
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 119 distinct verses.
- 21 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 21 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #323
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 323 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 119 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Exodus 34 verses 29%
- 2 Chronicles 14 verses 12%
- 1 Kings 11 verses 9%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 119 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 51 verses · 43%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 42 verses · 35%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 26 verses · 22%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Brass 86×, Brasen 24×, Fetters 4×
- American Standard Version†: Brass 86×, Brazen 21×, Fetters 5×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Bronze 117×, Bronze shackles 5×, Copper 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Bronze 112×, Were bronze 4×, Bronze of 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5178 across 141† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5178 across 140† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5178 across 139† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5178 across 133† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 4 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
נחשת I copper, bronze
- 1. copper
- 2. fetters of copper or bronze
- 3. as less in value than gold but more than wood
- 4. fig. of pitiless sky
נחשת II lust, harlotry
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. נְחֹ֫שֶׁת 137 n.m. copper, bronze
II. [ נְחֹ֫שֶׁת ] n.[f.] Ez 16:36 where context favours mng. lust, harlotry, or specif. sens. obscoen.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from נחושה (nᵉchûwshâh) (H5154) — bronze.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נְחוֹשֶׁת
- (b. h.)
- 1. copper. Zeb. 22ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXX, 18) לנ׳ הקשתיו וכ׳ I compared it (the foot of the laver with the laver itself) with regard to its being of copper, but not with regard to anything else. Pesik. Ekhah, p. 122ᵇ מטבעות של נ׳ וכ׳ silver-plated copper coins. Keth. VII, 10, v. צָרַף; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 30:18
- 2. bronze, v. next w.
- 3. copper vessels. Y. Keth. X, 33ᵈ bot. להיות גובין מן הנ׳ וכ׳ to seize (for the widowhood) copper vessels and dining plates.
- 4. the (copper) bottom or rim. Sabb. 41ᵃ מפני שנְחוּשְׁתָּהּ מחממתה because its double bottom gives out heat to warm the water (even after the removal of the coals). Kel. VIII, 3; IX, 1; 3 נ׳ של תנור the (copper) rim of the stove. [Yoma 38ᵃ, v. next w.]
- 5. the polished, smooth side of skin (קֶלֶף). Y. Meg. I, 71ᵈ top מקום נְחוּשְׁתּוֹ on its smooth side, opp. מקום שיער the hairy side.
נְחשֶׁת
- , v. נְחוֹשֶׁת, נְחוּשְׁתָּן.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 48 distinct written forms H5178 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5178, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 111 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 119 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:22
- Exodus 25:3
- Numbers 21:9
- Deuteronomy 8:9
- Joshua 6:19
- Judges 16:21
- 1 Samuel 17:5
- 2 Samuel 3:34
- 1 Kings 4:13
- 2 Kings 16:14
- 1 Chronicles 15:19
- 2 Chronicles 1:5
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
