Strong H5176H5176Iנָחָשׁ

Nahash

Transliteration: nâchâsh
Pronunciation: naw-khawsh'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.17.25;
wife of: Jesse (H3448H);
mother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H446I), Abinadab (H41I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H26H)(?) and Elihu (H453J)

Meaning of the name

Nahash = "serpent"

General definition

The same as H5175; {Nachash} the name of two persons apparently non Israelites: - Nahash.

In the biblical story

Nahash

Father of Abigail and Zeruiah, David's sisters.

Nahash, the father of David's sisters Abigail and Zeruiah, is mentioned in the context of Amasa's lineage.

In the Bible

Strong H5176I appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

nahash1

First verses

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.

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Occurrences by book

2 Samuel1

Related words

Word family

נָחָשׁserpentH5175