Nᵉchûwshâh — H5154

Definition

feminine noun

copper

1. copper, bronze
1. copper (made from melting copper ore)
2. bronze (made from copper and alloy)

Usually translated as

brass, steel

Origin

or nᵉchushâh; feminine of H5153

• Nâchûwsh (H5153)

Greek equivalents

• chalkós (G5475)

Occurrences

Nᵉchûwshâh occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 2 Samuel (1), Job (4), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Micah (1)

• Leviticus 26:19 — And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass (כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה):
• 2 Samuel 22:35 — He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel (נְחוּשָׁ֖ה) is broken by mine arms.
• Job 20:24 — He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel (נְחוּשָֽׁה) shall strike him through.
• Job 28:2 — Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass (נְחוּשָֽׁה) is molten out of the stone.
• Job 40:18 — His bones are as strong pieces of brass (נְחוּשָׁ֑ה); his bones are like bars of iron.
• Job 41:27 — He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass (נְחוּשָֽׁה) as rotten wood.
• Psalms 18:34 — He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel (נְ֝חוּשָׁ֗ה) is broken by mine arms.
• Isaiah 45:2 — I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass (נְחוּשָׁה֙), and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
• Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass (נְחוּשָֽׁה);
• Micah 4:13 — Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass (נְחוּשָׁ֔ה): and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.