Lexicon :: Strong's H5175 - nāḥāš

נָחָשׁ

Transliteration

nāḥāš

Pronunciation

naw-khawsh'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From נָחַשׁ (H5172)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1347a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H5175 in the following manner: serpent (31x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H5175 in the following manner: serpent (31x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

serpent, snake
1. serpent
2. image (of serpent)
3. fleeing serpent (mythological)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5175: Abbreviations

† I. נָחָשׁ noun masculine^{Genesis 3:1} serpent (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic serpent, viper (Lane⁴⁰⁶ anything hunted) is compare by Lag^{M, i, 230; BN 50, 188} Ba^{Es 48}, but improbable; Arabic see below [נָחַשׁ below; on formation compare Lag^{BN 50}); — absolute נ׳ Amos 5:19 +; construct נְחַשׁ Numbers 21:9 + 2 times; 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 Ecclus 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 + 8 times On supernatural character of serpents in Arabic belief see Nö^{Zeitschr. Für Völkerpsychol. i.(1860), 412-416} RS^{Kinship 197, Semitic i. 421 f., 2d ed, 442} We^{Skizzen iii.147, Arab. Heid. 2, 152 f.} Jacob^{Arab. Dicht. iv. 5}

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:4; 3:13; 3:14; 3:14; 49:17

Exodus

4:3; 7:15

Numbers

21:6; 21:6; 21:6; 21:7; 21:9; 21:9; 21:9

Deuteronomy

8:15

2 Kings

18:4

Job

3:6; 26:13

Psalms

58:5; 140:4

Proverbs

30:19

Ecclesiastes

10:8; 10:11

Isaiah

14:29; 27:1; 65:25

Jeremiah

8:17; 8:17; 46:22

Amos

5:19; 5:19; 9:3

Micah

7:17

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H5175 matches the Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nāḥāš),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 3:1

Gen 3:1 - Now the serpent^H5175 was^H1961 more subtil^H6175 than any beast^H2416 of the field^H7704 which the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had made.^H6213 And he said^H559 unto the woman,^H802 Yea,^H637 hath God^H430 said,^H559 Ye shall not eat^H398 of every tree^H6086 of the garden?^H1588

Gen 3:2

Gen 3:2 - And the woman^H802 said^H559 unto the serpent,^H5175 We may eat^H398 of the fruit^H6529 of the trees^H6086 of the garden:^H1588

Gen 3:4

Gen 3:4 - And the serpent^H5175 said^H559 unto the woman,^H802 Ye shall not surely^H4191 die:^H4191

Gen 3:13

Gen 3:13 - And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 said^H559 unto the woman,^H802 What is this that thou hast done?^H6213 And the woman^H802 said,^H559 The serpent^H5175 beguiled me,^H5377 and I did eat.^H398

Gen 3:14

Gen 3:14 - And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 said^H559 unto the serpent,^H5175 Because thou^H859 hast done^H6213 this, thou art cursed^H779 above all cattle,^H929 and above every beast^H2416 of the field;^H7704 upon thy belly^H1512 shalt thou go,^H3212 and dust^H6083 shalt thou eat^H398 all the days^H3117 of thy life:^H2416

Gen 49:17

Gen 49:17 - Dan^H1835 shall be a serpent^H5175 by the way,^H1870 an adder^H8207 in the path,^H734 that biteth^H5391 the horse^H5483 heels,^H6119 so that his rider^H7392 shall fall^H5307 backward.^H268

Exo 4:3

Exo 4:3 - And he said,^H559 Cast^H7993 it on the ground.^H776 And he cast^H7993 it on the ground,^H776 and it became a serpent;^H5175 and Moses^H4872 fled^H5127 from before^H6440 it.

Exo 7:15

Exo 7:15 - Get^H3212 thee unto Pharaoh^H6547 in the morning;^H1242 lo, he goeth out^H3318 unto the water;^H4325 and thou shalt stand^H5324 by the river's^H2975 brink^H8193 against he come;^H7125 and the rod^H4294 which was turned^H2015 to a serpent^H5175 shalt thou take^H3947 in thine hand.^H3027

Num 21:6

Num 21:6 - And the LORD^H3068 sent^H7971 fiery^H8314 serpents^H5175 among the people,^H5971 and they bit^H5391 the people;^H5971 and much^H7227 people^H5971 of Israel^H3478 died.^H4191

Num 21:7

Num 21:7 - Therefore the people^H5971 came^H935 to Moses,^H4872 and said,^H559 We have sinned,^H2398 for we have spoken^H1696 against the LORD,^H3068 and against thee; pray^H6419 unto the LORD,^H3068 that he take away^H5493 the serpents^H5175 from us. And Moses^H4872 prayed^H6419 for the people.^H5971

Num 21:9

Num 21:9 - And Moses^H4872 made^H6213 a serpent^H5175 of brass,^H5178 and put^H7760 it upon a pole,^H5251 and it came to pass, that if a serpent^H5175 had bitten^H5391 any man,^H376 when he beheld^H5027 the serpent^H5175 of brass,^H5178 he lived.^H2425

Deu 8:15

Deu 8:15 - Who led^H3212 thee through that great^H1419 and terrible^H3372 wilderness,^H4057 wherein were fiery^H8314 serpents,^H5175 and scorpions,^H6137 and drought,^H6774 where there was no water;^H4325 who brought thee forth^H3318 water^H4325 out of the rock^H6697 of flint;^H2496

2Ki 18:4

2Ki 18:4 - He removed^H5493 the high places,^H1116 and brake^H7665 the images,^H4676 and cut down^H3772 the groves,^H842 and brake in pieces^H3807 the brasen^H5178 serpent^H5175 that Moses^H4872 had made:^H6213 for unto those days^H3117 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did burn incense^H6999 to it: and he called^H7121 it Nehushtan.^H5180

Job 26:13

Job 26:13 - By his spirit^H7307 he hath garnished^H8235 the heavens;^H8064 his hand^H3027 hath formed^H2342 the crooked^H1281 serpent.^H5175

Psa 58:4

Psa 58:4 - Their poison^H2534 is like^H1823 the poison^H2534 of a serpent:^H5175 they are like the deaf^H2795 adder^H6620 that stoppeth^H331 her ear;^H241

Psa 140:3

Psa 140:3 - They have sharpened^H8150 their tongues^H3956 like a serpent;^H5175 adders'^H5919 poison^H2534 is under their lips.^H8193 Selah.^H5542

Pro 23:32

Pro 23:32 - At the last^H319 it biteth^H5391 like a serpent,^H5175 and stingeth^H6567 like an adder.^H6848

Pro 30:19

Pro 30:19 - The way^H1870 of an eagle^H5404 in the air;^H8064 the way^H1870 of a serpent^H5175 upon a rock;^H6697 the way^H1870 of a ship^H591 in the midst^H3820 of the sea;^H3220 and the way^H1870 of a man^H1397 with a maid.^H5959

Ecc 10:8

Ecc 10:8 - He that diggeth^H2658 a pit^H1475 shall fall^H5307 into it; and whoso breaketh^H6555 an hedge,^H1447 a serpent^H5175 shall bite^H5391 him.

Ecc 10:11

Ecc 10:11 - Surely the serpent^H5175 will bite^H5391 without enchantment;^H3908 and a babbler^H3956^H1167 is no better.^H3504

Isa 14:29

Isa 14:29 - Rejoice^H8055 not thou, whole Palestina,^H6429 because the rod^H7626 of him that smote^H5221 thee is broken:^H7665 for out of the serpent's^H5175 root^H8328 shall come forth^H3318 a cockatrice,^H6848 and his fruit^H6529 shall be a fiery^H8314 ➔ flying^H5774 serpent.^H8314

Isa 27:1

Isa 27:1 - In that day^H3117 the LORD^H3068 with his sore^H7186 and great^H1419 and strong^H2389 sword^H2719 shall punish^H6485 leviathan^H3882 the piercing^H1281 serpent,^H5175 even leviathan^H3882 that crooked^H6129 serpent;^H5175 and he shall slay^H2026 the dragon^H8577 that is in the sea.^H3220

Isa 65:25

Isa 65:25 - The wolf^H2061 and the lamb^H2924 shall feed^H7462 together,^H259 and the lion^H738 shall eat^H398 straw^H8401 like the bullock:^H1241 and dust^H6083 shall be the serpent's^H5175 meat.^H3899 They shall not hurt^H7489 nor destroy^H7843 in all my holy^H6944 mountain,^H2022 saith^H559 the LORD.^H3068

Jer 8:17

Jer 8:17 - For, behold, I will send^H7971 serpents,^H5175 cockatrices,^H6848 among you, which will not be charmed,^H3908 and they shall bite^H5391 you, saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

Jer 46:22

Jer 46:22 - The voice^H6963 thereof shall go^H3212 like a serpent;^H5175 for they shall march^H3212 with an army,^H2428 and come^H935 against her with axes,^H7134 as hewers^H2404 of wood.^H6086

Amo 5:19

Amo 5:19 - As if a man^H376 did flee^H5127 from^H6440 a lion,^H738 and a bear^H1677 met^H6293 him; or went^H935 into the house,^H1004 and leaned^H5564 his hand^H3027 on the wall,^H7023 and a serpent^H5175 bit^H5391 him.

Amo 9:3

Amo 9:3 - And though they hide^H2244 themselves in the top^H7218 of Carmel,^H3760 I will search^H2664 and take them out^H3947 thence; and though they be hid^H5641 from my sight^H5869 in the bottom^H7172 of the sea,^H3220 thence will I command^H6680 the serpent,^H5175 and he shall bite^H5391 them:

Mic 7:17

Mic 7:17 - They shall lick^H3897 the dust^H6083 like a serpent,^H5175 they shall move^H7264 out of their holes^H4526 like worms^H2119 of the earth:^H776 they shall be afraid^H6342 of the LORD^H3068 our God,^H430 and shall fear^H3372 because of thee.

Lexicon :: Strong's H5175 - nāḥāš

נָחָשׁ

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