Strong H5180נְחֻשְׁתָּן
Nehushtan
- Transliteration
- nechûshtân
- Pronunciation
- nekh-oosh-tawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of some kind
Definition
From H5178; something made of {copper} that {is} the copper serpent of the Desert: - Nehushtan.
Meaning of the name
Nehushtan = "a thing of brass"
Detailed definition
Nehushtan, mentioned in <ref="2Ki.18.4">2Ki.18.4</ref>, was the name given to the bronze serpent that Moses made in the wilderness (<ref="Numbers 21:8-9">Numbers 21:8-9</ref>), which had become an object of idolatrous worship by the time of King Hezekiah.
In the biblical story
Nehushtan
The bronze serpent made by Moses in the wilderness
Nehushtan, mentioned in <ref="2Ki.18.4">2Ki.18.4</ref>, was the name given to the bronze serpent that Moses made in the wilderness (<ref="Numbers 21:8-9">Numbers 21:8-9</ref>), which had become an object of idolatrous worship by the time of King Hezekiah.
In the Bible
Strong H5180 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nehushtan1
First verses
- 2 Kings 18:4He 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.