נְחֹשֶׁת
nᵉchôsheth · nekh-o'-sheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
Lexicon
Derivation: for H5154 (נְחוּשָׁה);
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
- copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter
- figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign
The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְחֹשֶׁת 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
140 occurrences · 140 OT · 0 NT · 51 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of brass42 · 37%
- brass9 · 8%
- and brass8 · 7%
- and the brasen5 · 4%
- the brasen5 · 4%
- in brass4 · 4%
- brasen4 · 4%
- the brass4 · 4%
- and in brass3 · 3%
- and the brass3 · 3%
- were of brass3 · 3%
- shall be of brass2 · 2%
- them with brass2 · 2%
- a brasen2 · 2%
- and brasen2 · 2%
- it with brass2 · 2%
- and of brass2 · 2%
- all of brass2 · 2%
- because the brasen2 · 2%
- of the brass2 · 2%
- and their brasen1 · 1%
- of it of brass1 · 1%
- he of brass1 · 1%
- with his brasen1 · 1%
- also of brass1 · 1%
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.