נָחָשׁ
nâchâsh · naw-khawsh'
a snake (from its hiss)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5172 (נָחַשׁ);
a snake (from its hiss)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: serpent.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy
The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָחָשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- serpent4 · 13%
- like a serpent4 · 13%
- the serpent3 · 10%
- serpents3 · 10%
- unto the serpent2 · 6%
- a serpent2 · 6%
- of a serpent2 · 6%
- now the serpent1 · 3%
- and the serpent1 · 3%
- shall be a serpent1 · 3%
- and it became a serpent1 · 3%
- to a serpent1 · 3%
- the serpents1 · 3%
- and it came to pass, that if a serpent1 · 3%
- surely the serpent1 · 3%
- for out of the serpent's1 · 3%
- shall be the serpent's1 · 3%
- and a serpent1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.