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Strong's #5175 - נָחָשׁ

Transliteration

nâchâsh

Phonetics

naw-khawsh'

Origin

from (H5172)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1347a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) serpent, snake

1a) serpent

1b) image (of serpent)

1c) fleeing serpent (mythological)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1404 ‑ δράκων (drak'‑own); 3789 ‑ ὄφις (of'‑is);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (31)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

NAS (29)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 4

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

HCS (30)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

BSB (36)

Genesis 11

Exodus 2

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

ESV (29)

Genesis 6

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

WEB (31)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. נָחָשׁ noun masculine^{Genesis 3:1} serpent (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic

serpent, viper (Lane^406anything hunted) is compare by Lag^{M, i, 230}; BN 50,188 Ba^{Esther 48}, but improbable; Arabic

see below [נָחַשׁ below; on formation compare Lag^{BN 50}); — absolute ׳נ Amos 5:19 +; construct נְחַשׁ Numbers 21:9 2t.; plural נְחָשִׁים Numbers 21:6; Jeremiah 8:17; —

1 serpent:

a. as biting, Amos 5:19; Ecclesiastes 10:8, in spite of charm (לַחַשׁ) Ecclesiastes 10:11 [compare Ecculs Ecclesiastes 12:13], Jeremiah 8:17 (+ צִפְעֹנִים; figurative of enemies); so הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְׁרָפִים Numbers 21:6 (deadly; J E; compare Jacob^{Arab. Dicht. iv. 10 ff.}), and singular Numbers 21:9, also (collective) Numbers 21:7 compare שָׂרָף׳נ Deuteronomy 8:15 (+ עַקְרָב); ׳נ figurative of oppressor, מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ נָחָשׁ יֵצֵא צֶפַע וּפִרְיוֺ שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵף Isaiah 14:29; figurative of Dan Genesis 49:17 (poem in J; "" שְׁפִיפֹן); ׳הֲמַת נ Psalm 58:5 (simile of perniciousness of ungodly), compare ׳נ Psalm 140:4; simile of effect of wine Proverbs 22:32 ("" צִפִעֹנִי).

b. rod becomes׳נ Exodus 4:3 (J), compare Exodus 7:15 (E); ׳עֲלֵי צוּר דֶּרֶךְ נ Proverbs 30:19.

c.׳נ (apparently) as hissing Jeremiah 46:22 (in simile, compare Gie); as eating dust Isaiah 65:25 compare Micah 7:17 (in simile; see also Genesis 3:14).

d. as crafty tempter Genesis 3:1,2,4,13,14.

2 (הַ)נְּחשֶׁת׳נ, bronze image of serpent Numbers 21:9 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:4 (compare נְחֻשְׁתָּן).

3 mythological בָּרִחַ׳נ Job 26:13 fleeing serpent, of eclipse-dragon (compareלִנְיָתָן Job 3:6); also בּרִחַ ֗֗֗ ׳לִוְיָתָן נ עֲקַלָּתוֺן׳לִוְיָתָן נ Isaiah 27:1 (symbolic of world-powers); ׳נ of sea-monster Amos 9:3. — ׳נ with verb נָשַׁךְ bite Numbers 21:6 8t. On supernatural character of serpents in Arabic belief see Nö^{Zeitschr. Für Völkerpsychol. i.(1860), 412-416} RS^{Kinship 197, Semitic i. 421f.}, 2 d ed, 442We^{Skizzen iii.147, Arab. Heid. 2,152f.} Jacob^{Arab. Dicht. iv. 5}

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

הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים הַנָּחָ֑שׁ הַנָּחָ֖שׁ הַנָּחָ֥שׁ הַנָּחָֽשׁ׃ הַנָּחָשׁ֙ הַנָּחָשׁ֮ הנחש הנחש׃ הנחשים וְהַנָּחָשׁ֙ וְנָחָ֖שׁ והנחש ונחש כְּנָחָ֣שׁ כַּנָּחָ֔שׁ כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ כנחש לְנָחָ֑שׁ לְנָחָ֖שׁ לנחש נְחַ֣שׁ נְחַ֥שׁ נְחַ֨שׁ נְחָשִׁים֙ נָ֫חָ֥שׁ נָחָ֑שׁ נָחָ֖שׁ נָחָ֗שׁ נָחָ֣שׁ נָחָ֤שׁ ׀ נָחָ֥שׁ נָחָֽשׁ׃ נָחָשׁ֙ נחש נחש׃ נחשים han·nā·ḥāš han·nə·ḥā·šîm hannaChash hannāḥāš hannechaShim hannəḥāšîm kan·nā·ḥāš kannaChash kannāḥāš kə·nā·ḥāš kenaChash kənāḥāš lə·nā·ḥāš lenaChash lənāḥāš nā·ḥāš naChash nāḥāš nə·ḥā·šîm nə·ḥaš neChash nechaShim nəḥaš nəḥāšîm vehannaChash venaChash wə·han·nā·ḥāš wə·nā·ḥāš wəhannāḥāš wənāḥāš