King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5154
Transliteration: nechushah
Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-oo-shaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: copper, bronze
Meaning: copper, bronze
Word Summary
nechushah: copper, bronze
Original Word: נְחוּשָׁהTransliteration: nechushah
Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-oo-shaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: copper, bronze
Meaning: copper, bronze
Strong's Concordance
brass, steel Or nchushah {nekh-oo-shaw'}; feminine of nachuwsh; copper -- brass, steel. Compare Nachash.
see HEBREW nachuwsh
see HEBREW Nachash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5154. nechushah
נְחוּשָׁה and (Leviticus 26:19; Job 40:18) נְחֻשָׁה noun feminine copper, bronze (only in poetry; compare I. נְחשֶׁת); — ׳נ always absolute; —
1 copper produced from ore by melting Job 28:2.
2 copper, doubtless hardened with alloy, = bronze, as material of bow 2 Samuel 22:35 = Psalm 18:35; Job 20:24; gates Isaiah 45:2; figurative of strength Job 40:18 (bones of hippopotamus), compare 41:19, Micah 4:13 (hoofs of Zion); of obstinate brow Isaiah 48:4 ("" עָרְמֶּ֑ךָ בַּרְזֶל גִּיד); unproductive earth Leviticus 26:19.