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Strong's #5176 - נָחָשׁ

Transliteration

Nâchâsh

Phonetics

naw-khawsh'

Origin

the same as (H5175)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Nahash = “serpent”

1) a king of the Ammonites during the time of king Saul

2) the father of Abigail, the mother of Amasa, the commander of Absalom’s army

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

NAS (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

HCS (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

BSB (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

ESV (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

WEB (9)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. נָחָשׁ proper name, masculine 1. king of Ammon 1 Samuel 11:1 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 12:12; 2 Samuel 10:2; 1 Chronicles 19:1,2; perhaps also 2 Samuel 17:27; ᵐ5 Ναας.

2 father of Abigail and Zeruiah 2 Samuel 17:25, si vera lectio: ᵐ5 Ναας, but ᵐ5^L Ιεσσαι (compare 1 Chronicles 2:16); We^{Geschichte. 2. 57 Anm. 1 Löhr defend} נחשׁ; dubious We^Sm HPS.

3 giving name to a city, ׳עִיר נ 1 Chronicles 4:12, ᵐ5 πόλεως Ναας; ᵐ5^L Ηρναας.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָחָשׁ m.

(1) a serpent, so called from its hissing (see the root) Genesis 3:1, seq.; Exodus 4:3, 7:15 2 Kings 18:4. Used of the constellation of the serpent or dragon in the northern part of the sky, Arab. حَيَّة Job 26:13.

(2) [Nahash], pr.n.

(a) of a town otherwise unknown, 1 Chronicles 4:12.

(b) of a king of the Ammonites, 1 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 10:2, and of various men.

(d) 2 Samuel 17:25.

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List of Word Forms

נָחָ֔שׁ נָחָ֖שׁ נָחָ֗שׁ נָחָ֜שׁ נָחָ֞שׁ נָחָשׁ֙ נחש nā·ḥāš naChash nāḥāš