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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5178

נְחֹשֶׁת

nechoshethnekh-o'-sheth

bronze; lust

140 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nᵉchôsheth

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5178is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 21 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 51
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5178

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

The King James renders it: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

nechosheth is rendered "bronze; lust". It stands 140 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-one books.

  • Thirty-nine of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "bronze".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 4:22And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
  • The Greek text spells it fifty-one different ways.

The first use

And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Genesis 4:22נְחֹ֖שֶׁת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: bronze, and lust.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
bronzeStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 4:22And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron…
lustStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • bronze72
  • the bronze30
  • and bronze9
  • with the bronze fetters6
  • and in the bronze3
  • bronze their2
  • copper2
  • and bronze of1
  • and copper1
  • and of the bronze1
  • and the bronze1
  • and to the bronze1

and 11 more, 140 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 140, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

51 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

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

and 39 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular75HNcfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular30HTd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular10HC/Ncfsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine dual6HRd/Ncfda
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular5HC/Rd/Ncfsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3HRd/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcfsc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1HC/R/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp2fs

Genesis

one use
  • And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

    Genesis 4:22

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Exodus

thirty-nine uses
  • This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

    Exodus 25:3

    • וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃unechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze
  • Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

    Exodus 26:11

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.

    Exodus 26:37

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

    Exodus 27:2

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

    Exodus 27:3

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

    Exodus 27:4

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

    Exodus 27:6

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.

    Exodus 27:10

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

    Exodus 27:11

    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

    Exodus 27:17

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

    Exodus 27:18

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

    Exodus 27:19

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

    Exodus 30:18

    • נְחֹ֛שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

    Exodus 31:4

    • וּבַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃uvanechoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in the bronze
  • Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

    Exodus 35:5

    • וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃unechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze
  • the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

    Exodus 35:16

    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.

    Exodus 35:24

    • וּנְחֹ֔שֶׁתunechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze
  • to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

    Exodus 35:32

    • וּבַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃uvanechoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in the bronze
  • He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

    Exodus 36:18

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

    Exodus 36:38

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ פnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

    Exodus 38:2

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.

    Exodus 38:3

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

    Exodus 38:4

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.

    Exodus 38:5

    • הַנְּחֹ֑שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

    Exodus 38:6

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Exodus 38:8

    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

    Exodus 38:10

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

    Exodus 38:11

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

    Exodus 38:17

    • נְחֹשֶׁת֒nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.

    Exodus 38:19

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

    Exodus 38:20

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

    Exodus 38:29

    • וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁתunechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and bronze of
  • He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,

    Exodus 38:30

    • הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

    Exodus 39:39

    • הַנְּחֹ֗שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze

Leviticus

one use
  • The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

    Leviticus 6:28

    • נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Numbers

four uses
  • So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,

    Numbers 16:39

    • הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

    Numbers 21:9

    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

    Numbers 31:22

    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

    Deuteronomy 8:9

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: copper
  • The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

    Deuteronomy 28:23

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”

    Deuteronomy 33:25

    • וּנְחֹ֖שֶׁתunechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze

Joshua

three uses
  • For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”

    Joshua 6:19

    • נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.

    Joshua 6:24

    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”

    Joshua 22:8

    • וּבִנְחֹ֧שֶׁתuvinchoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with bronze

Judges

one use
  • Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

    Judges 16:21

    • בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםbanchushtayimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine dualtagged: with the bronze fetters

1 Samuel

five uses
  • and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,

    1 Samuel 17:5

    • נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

    1 Samuel 17:6

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.

    1 Samuel 17:38

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

2 Samuel

four uses
  • Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

    2 Samuel 3:34

    • לִנְחֻשְׁתַּ֣יִםlinchushtayimpreposition + noun · feminine dualtagged: to bronze fetters
  • And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

    2 Samuel 8:8

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,

    2 Samuel 8:10

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

    2 Samuel 21:16

    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

1 Kings

thirteen uses
  • Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

    1 Kings 4:13

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

    1 Kings 7:14

    • נְחֹשֶׁת֒nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: of bronze
    • בַּנְּחֹ֑שֶׁתbanechoshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the bronze
  • He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

    1 Kings 7:15

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.

    1 Kings 7:16

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

    1 Kings 7:27

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.

    1 Kings 7:30

    • נְחֹ֜שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

    1 Kings 7:38

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

    1 Kings 7:45

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

    1 Kings 7:47

    • הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

    1 Kings 8:64

    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    1 Kings 14:27

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

2 Kings

twelve uses
  • He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.

    2 Kings 16:14

    • הַנְּחֹשֶׁת֮hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”

    2 Kings 16:15

    • הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

    2 Kings 16:17

    • הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

    2 Kings 18:4

    • הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

    2 Kings 25:7

    • בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםvanchushtayimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine dualtagged: with the bronze fetters
  • Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

    2 Kings 25:13

    • הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖םnechushtamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bronze their
  • They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

    2 Kings 25:14

    • הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

    2 Kings 25:16

    • לִנְחֹ֖שֶׁתlinchoshetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bronze of
  • Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

    2 Kings 25:17

    • נְחֹשֶׁת֮nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

1 Chronicles

eleven uses
  • The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.

    1 Chronicles 15:19

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.

    1 Chronicles 18:8

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃ פhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

    1 Chronicles 18:10

    • וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃unechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze
  • David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed

    1 Chronicles 22:3

    • וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁתunechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze
  • Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

    1 Chronicles 22:14

    • וְלַנְּחֹ֤שֶׁתvelanechoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and to the bronze
  • in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

    1 Chronicles 22:16

    • וְלַנְּחֹ֥שֶׁתvelanechoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and of the bronze
  • Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

    1 Chronicles 29:2

    • וְהַנְּחֹ֣שֶׁתvehanechoshetconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the bronze
    • לַנְּחֹ֗שֶׁתlanechoshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the bronze
  • Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

    1 Chronicles 29:7

    • וּנְחֹ֕שֶׁתunechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze

2 Chronicles

fourteen uses
  • But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.

    2 Chronicles 1:5

    • הַנְּחֹ֗שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.

    2 Chronicles 1:6

    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

    2 Chronicles 2:7

    • וּבַנְּחֹ֣שֶׁתuvanechoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in the bronze
  • He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.

    2 Chronicles 2:14

    • בַּנְּחֹ֨שֶׁתbanechoshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the bronze
  • He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

    2 Chronicles 4:1

    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

    2 Chronicles 4:9

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

    2 Chronicles 4:16

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

    2 Chronicles 4:18

    • הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃ פhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

    2 Chronicles 6:13

    • נְחֹ֗שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.

    2 Chronicles 7:7

    • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    2 Chronicles 12:10

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 24:12

    • וּנְחֹ֔שֶׁתunechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze
  • So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

    2 Chronicles 33:11

    • בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםbanchushtayimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine dualtagged: with the bronze fetters
  • Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

    2 Chronicles 36:6

    • בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםbanchushtayimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine dualtagged: with the bronze fetters

Ezra

one use
  • 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.

    Ezra 8:27

    • נְחֹ֜שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Psalms

one use
  • For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

    Psalms 107:16

    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Isaiah

two uses
  • Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

    Isaiah 60:17

    • הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Jeremiah

fourteen uses
  • Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

    Jeremiah 1:18

    • נְחֹ֖שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

    Jeremiah 6:28

    • נְחֹ֣שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Can anyone smash iron—iron from the north—or bronze?

    Jeremiah 15:12

    • וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃unechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bronze
  • Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 15:20

    • נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 39:7

    • בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםbanchushtayimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine dualtagged: with the bronze fetters
  • Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

    Jeremiah 52:11

    • בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֗יִםvanchushtayimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine dualtagged: with the bronze fetters
  • Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 52:17

    • הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
    • נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖םnechushtamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bronze their
  • They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

    Jeremiah 52:18

    • הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁתhanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

    Jeremiah 52:20

    • נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • לִנְחֻשְׁתָּ֖םlinchushtampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to bronze their
  • The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

    Jeremiah 52:22

    • נְחֹ֗שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
    • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Lamentations

one use
  • He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

    Lamentations 3:7

    • נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃nechashetinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bronze fetter my

Ezekiel

eight uses
  • Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

    Ezekiel 1:7

    • נְחֹ֥שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

    Ezekiel 9:2

    • הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃hanechoshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bronze
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,

    Ezekiel 16:36

    • נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ֙nechushtekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: lust your
  • “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.

    Ezekiel 22:18

    • נְ֠חֹשֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: copper
  • Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.

    Ezekiel 22:20

    • וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁתunechoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and copper
  • Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.

    Ezekiel 24:11

    • נְחֻשְׁתָּ֗הּnechushtahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: bronze its
  • Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.

    Ezekiel 27:13

    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze
  • So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

    Ezekiel 40:3

    • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Daniel

one use
  • His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.

    Daniel 10:6

    • נְחֹ֣שֶׁתnechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

Zechariah

one use
  • And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.

    Zechariah 6:1

    • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃nechoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bronze

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