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נְחֹשֶׁת

nechosheth

nekh-o'-sheth

Strong's 1890 spelling: nᵉchôsheth

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

Rendered in the KJV as

brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.

  • 140
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 21 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 51
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 140 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 51

  • נְחֹ֑שֶׁת17
  • נְחֹ֖שֶׁת13
  • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃12
  • נְחֹ֔שֶׁת10
  • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙8
  • הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת5
  • נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙5
  • בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם4
  • הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת4
  • וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃4
  • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ ס4
  • הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת3

and 39 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 27

  • bronze58
  • the bronze30
  • and bronze9
  • [were] bronze6
  • with the bronze fetters6
  • [will be] bronze5
  • [was] bronze3
  • and in the bronze3
  • bronze their2
  • [are] copper1
  • and [belongs] to the bronze1
  • and [the] bronze of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 16

  • noun · feminine singular75
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular30
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular10
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine dual6
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular5
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcfsa · 75
  • HTd/Ncfsa · 30
  • HC/Ncfsa · 10
  • HRd/Ncfda · 6
  • HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 5
  • HRd/Ncfsa · 3
  • HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 2
  • HC/Ncfsc · 1
  • HC/R/Ncfsa · 1
  • HC/Td/Ncfsa · 1
  • HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 1
  • HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1

All 140, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis1 occurrence
Exodus39 occurrences
Leviticus1 occurrence
Numbers4 occurrences
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
Joshua3 occurrences
Judges1 occurrence
1 Samuel5 occurrences
2 Samuel4 occurrences
1 Kings13 occurrences
2 Kings12 occurrences
1 Chronicles11 occurrences
2 Chronicles14 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Psalms1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
Jeremiah14 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel8 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence

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Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).