נָחָשׁ
nāḥāš
serpent
Strong's H5175NounHebrewTWOT 1347a

נָחָשׁ (nāḥāš) is a Hebrew noun meaning serpent. It appears 31 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5175).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1347a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1347a)serpent; fleeing serpent; snake
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָחָשׁ noun, masculine: serpent

Strong's H5175 נָחָשׁ: a snake (from its hiss)
KJV:serpent.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1347: נחשׁ nḥš — hiss

See it in Scripture

Genesis 3:1Exodus 4:3Numbers 21:6

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