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נָחָשׁ H5175
H5175 is the Hebrew word נָחָשׁ, transliterated nâchâsh and said naw-khawsh'. The King James Version most often renders it serpent.
What it means
a snake (from its hiss).
Where it comes from
from H5172 (נָחַשׁ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 30 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: serpent.
Verses using נָחָשׁ
All 27 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 3:1 · KJV
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:2 · KJV
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:4 · KJV
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Genesis 3:13 · KJV
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:14 · KJV
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis 49:17 · KJV
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Exodus 4:3 · KJV
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
Exodus 7:15 · KJV
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Numbers 21:6 · KJV
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Numbers 21:7 · KJV
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Numbers 21:9 · KJV
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Deuteronomy 8:15 · KJV
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
2 Kings 18:4 · KJV
He 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.
Psalm 58:4 · KJV
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Psalm 140:3 · KJV
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 23:32 · KJV
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs 30:19 · KJV
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Ecclesiastes 10:8 · KJV
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 · KJV
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Isaiah 14:29 · KJV
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isaiah 27:1 · KJV
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 65:25 · KJV
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:17 · KJV
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 46:22 · KJV
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Amos 5:19 · KJV
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos 9:3 · KJV
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
Micah 7:17 · KJV
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5175 mean?
H5175 is the Hebrew word נָחָשׁ (nâchâsh), meaning a snake (from its hiss).
How is H5175 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it serpent (16 times), serpents (4 times), like a serpent (4 times), now the serpent (1 time), became a serpent (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5175 appear in the Bible?
נָחָשׁ (nâchâsh) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5175 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5172 (נָחַשׁ).
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