Bronze
נְחָשׁStrong’s H5174nechash (ne-chash)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nechash is the Aramaic word usually translated “bronze” and “bronze the”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,”
Meaning
- Copper, bronze
How it's translated
- bronze 4
- bronze the 3
- and bronze 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 9
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:35In contextThen was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
- Daniel 2:39In contextAnd after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
- Daniel 2:45In contextForasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
- Daniel 4:15In contextNevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
- Daniel 4:23In contextAnd whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
- Daniel 5:4In contextThey drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Aramaic dictionary
נְחָשׁ nechash · bronze
copper, bronze Aramaic of ne.chu.shah (נְחוּשָׁה "bronze" H5154)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.