Nachash means “Nahash” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5176 — trogo (“eat”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5176 נָחָשׁ (Nachash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Nachash (naw-khawsh') n/p. 1. Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite [the same as H5175] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include nahash and name. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Nachash (naw-khawsh') n/p. 1. Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite [the same as H5175] KJV: Nahash. Root(s): H5175
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5176. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Nahash
Usage: A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.11.1 § Nahash = "serpent" 1) a king of the Ammonites during the time of king Saul 2) the father of Abigail, the mother of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Nachash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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.
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.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5176.
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5176, grouped by book.
Nachash (Strong's H5176) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Nahash". Nachash (naw-khawsh') n/p. 1. Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite [the same as H5175]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H5176 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5176 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as nahash and name. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.