Strong's Lexicon Nechushtan: Nechushtan Original Word: נְחֻשְׁתָּן Word Origin: Derived from נְחֹשֶׁת (nechosheth), meaning "bronze" or "copper." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Nechushtan, but the concept is related to the Greek word "ὄφις" (ophis, G3789), meaning "serpent," as used in John 3:14. Usage: Nechushtan refers to the bronze serpent that Moses made in the wilderness, as recorded in the Old Testament. It was originally created as a means for the Israelites to be healed from snake bites by looking at it, as instructed by God. Over time, however, it became an object of idolatrous worship among the Israelites. Cultural and Historical Background: The bronze serpent was crafted during the Israelites' journey through the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt. In Numbers 21:4-9, the people of Israel complained against God and Moses, leading to a plague of fiery serpents. God instructed Moses to make a bronze serpent and set it on a pole so that anyone bitten could look at it and live. This act of faith was a foreshadowing of Christ's crucifixion, as noted in John 3:14-15. However, by the time of King Hezekiah, the Israelites had begun to worship the bronze serpent as an idol, calling it Nechushtan. Hezekiah destroyed it to reform the religious practices of Judah (2 Kings 18:4). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as nechosheth Definition the name of Moses' bronze serpent NASB Translation Nehushtan (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs נְחֻשְׁתָּן proper name, feminine given to bronze serpent 2 Kings 18:4 probably = bronze-god (so Thes, see also BauSemitic Rel. i. 288; compare נְחַשׁ נְחשֶׁת 2 Kings 18:4; Numbers 21:9 (twice in verse) ); — chief arg. ag. this are vocalization of ᵐ5 Νεσθαλει, A ᵐ5L Νε(ε)σθαν, and comparative unimportance of material of which image was made; others think of נָחָשׁ serpent (NöZMG xlii (1888), 482 תן + נחשׁ, Kloon the passage יתן + נחשׁ); LagBN 188, 205 thinks loan-word IV. נחשׁ (possibly √ of following, si vera lectio; but precise meaning uncertain; GeiUrschrift 392 compare Arabic Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Nehushtan From nchosheth; something made of copper, i.e. The copper serpent of the Desert -- Nehushtan. see HEBREW nchosheth Forms and Transliterations נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ נחשתן׃ nə·ḥuš·tān nechushTan nəḥuštānLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 2 Kings 18:4 HEB: וַיִּקְרָא־ ל֖וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ NAS: to it; and it was called Nehushtan. KJV: to it: and he called it Nehushtan. INT: burned called Nehushtan 1 Occurrence |
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[= goad, prick; 
a certain piece of perforated wood (Frey)], Late Hebrew נְחשֶׁת [bottom of vessel, LevyNHWB iii. 374]). 
