Word Study · Strong's H5176 · Hebrew
נָחָשׁ
Nachash
naw-khawsh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Nâchâsh
“Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Nahash.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- נָחָשׁ֙2
- נָחָ֔שׁ2
- נָחָ֗שׁ2
- נָחָ֞שׁ1
- נָחָ֜שׁ1
- נָחָ֑שׁ1
- נָחָ֖שׁ1
How it is rendered · 2
- Nahash9
- nahash1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)9
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 9
- HNpl · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 11:1נָחָשׁ֙nachashproper noun (a name)Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”here: Nahash
- 1 Samuel 11:1נָחָ֔שׁnachashproper noun (a name)Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”here: Nahash
- 1 Samuel 11:2נָחָשׁ֙nachashproper noun (a name)But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”here: Nahash
- 1 Samuel 12:12נָחָ֞שׁnachashproper noun (a name)But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.here: Nahash
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 10:2נָחָ֗שׁnachashproper noun (a name)And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,here: Nahash
- 2 Samuel 17:25נָחָ֔שׁnachashproper noun (a name)Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.here: Nahash
- 2 Samuel 17:27נָחָ֜שׁnachashproper noun (a name)When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.here: Nahash
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 4:12נָחָ֑שׁnachashproper noun (a name)Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.here: nahash
- 1 Chronicles 19:1נָחָ֖שׁnachashproper noun (a name)Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.here: Nahash
- 1 Chronicles 19:2נָחָ֗שׁnachashproper noun (a name)And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,here: Nahash
Same headword in Strong's