Strong H51765 sensesנָחָשׁ

Meaning of the name

The 5 senses of Strong H5176

The lexicon tells 5 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5176 appears in 8 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. NahashH5176GAmmonite king who besieged Jabesh Gilead.3 verses · 1 Samuel
2. NahashH5176HAmmonite king, father of Hanun, showed kindness to David.3 verses · 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
3. NahashH5176IFather of Abigail and Zeruiah, David's sisters.1 verse · 2 Samuel
4. NahashH5176JKing of the Ammonites, provided supplies to David.1 verse · 2 Samuel
5. (Ir)-nahashH5176KIr-nahash, a town associated with the descendants of Eshton (1 Chronicles 4:12).Not in the KJV

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• nahash8

First verses

1. 1 Samuel 11:1
   Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
2. 1 Samuel 11:2
   And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
3. 1 Samuel 12:12
   And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.
4. 2 Samuel 10:2
   Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
5. 2 Samuel 17:25
   And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
6. 2 Samuel 17:27
   And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
7. 1 Chronicles 19:1
   Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
8. 1 Chronicles 19:2
   And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.