Nahshon
נַחְשׁוֹןStrong’s H5177nachshon (nach-shon)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nachshon is the Hebrew word usually translated “nahshon”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Exo.6.23
How it's translated
- nahshon 8
- and nahshon 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 5
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Exodus 1
- Ruth 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 1:7Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Numbers 2:3And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
- Numbers 7:12And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
- Numbers 7:17And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Numbers 10:14In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Ruth 4:20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Hebrew dictionary
נַחְשׁוֹן nachshon · Nahshon
A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Exo.6.23; son of: Amminadab (H5992); brother of: Elisheba (H0472); father of: Salmon (H8007) Also named: Naassōn (Ναασσών "Nahshon" G3476) § Nahshon = "enchanter" son of Amminadab and prince of the Judah at the first numbering in the wilderness; 5th in descent from Judah in the genealogy of Christ
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.