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נָחָשׁ

nachash · Nahash

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5176 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

nachash (נָחָשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Nahash”.

The name of two people; best known is the king of the Ammonites who besieged Jabesh-gilead (1 Samuel 11:1). The name means "serpent".

How to say it

na·chash

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

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Where it appears

  • 1 Samuel 11:1

    Nahash the Ammonite went up and camped against Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”

  • 1 Samuel 11:2

    Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a covenant with you: by gouging out every right eye of yours, and I will put it as a reproach on all Israel.”

  • 1 Samuel 12:12

    But you saw that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when YHWH your Elohim was your king.

  • 2 Samuel 10:2

    David said, “I will do loyal love with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did loyal love with me.” So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David came into the land of the sons of Ammon,

  • 2 Samuel 17:25

    Absalom had set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigail daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

  • 2 Samuel 17:27

    When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

  • 1 Chronicles 19:1

    And it happened after this that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:2

    David said, “I will do loyal love with Hanun son of Nahash, because his father did loyal love with me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon, to Hanun, to comfort him,

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