King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5173
Transliteration: nachash
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh'-ash)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: divination, enchantment
Meaning: divination, enchantment
Word Summary
nachash: divination, enchantment
Original Word: נַחַשׁTransliteration: nachash
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh'-ash)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: divination, enchantment
Meaning: divination, enchantment
Strong's Concordance
enchantment From nachash; an incantation or augury -- enchantment.
see HEBREW nachash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5173. nachash
נַ֫חַשׁ noun [masculine] divination, enchantment, only absolute ׳נ Numbers 23:23 (J E; "" קֶסֶם), and plural absolute נְחָשִׁים 24:1 (JE), both in story of Balsam.
III. נחשׁ (√ of following, meaning unknown).