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Strong's #5176 - נָחָשׁ
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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
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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.
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.
(c) 2 Samuel 17:27.
(d) 2 Samuel 17:25.