Nᵉchushtân — H5180

Definition

proper noun

something made of copper, i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert

1. Nehushtan = "a thing of brass"
2. name by which the brazen serpent made by Moses in the wilderness was worshipped in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah before he destroyed it

Usually translated as

Nehushtan

Origin

from H5178

• Derived from Nᵉchôsheth (H5178)

Occurrences

Nᵉchushtân occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1)

• 2 Kings 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan (נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן).