Word Study · Strong's H5154 · Hebrew
נְחוּשָׁה
nechushah
nekh-oo-shaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nᵉchûwshâh
“copper”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
copper
Rendered in the KJV as
brass, steel. Compare H5176 (נָחָשׁ).
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- נְחוּשָֽׁה׃4
- כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃1
- נְ֝חוּשָׁ֗ה1
- נְחוּשָׁ֖ה1
- נְחוּשָׁ֑ה1
- נְחוּשָׁה֙1
- נְחוּשָׁ֔ה1
How it is rendered · 4
- bronze7
- [was] bronze1
- copper1
- like the bronze1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular9
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 9
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel1 occurrence
Job4 occurrences
- Job 20:24נְחוּשָֽׁה׃nechushahnoun · feminine singularThough he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.here: bronze
- Job 28:2נְחוּשָֽׁה׃nechushahnoun · feminine singularIron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.here: copper
- Job 40:18נְחוּשָׁ֑הnechushahnoun · feminine singularHis bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.here: bronze
- Job 41:27נְחוּשָֽׁה׃nechushahnoun · feminine singularHe regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.here: bronze
Psalms1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 45:2נְחוּשָׁה֙nechushahnoun · feminine singular“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.here: bronze
- Isaiah 48:4נְחוּשָֽׁה׃nechushahnoun · feminine singularFor I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.here: [was] bronze