נְחֹשֶׁת (nĕḥōšet) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning copper. It appears
140 times
in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5178).
Also rendered
lust
bronze
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1350a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1350a)lust, harlotry; copper, coin, fetter, base; brasen, brass, chain, filthiness, steel
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נְחֹ֫שֶׁתnoun, feminine: lust, harlotry
Strong's H5178נְחֹשֶׁת: copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver) KJV:brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
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 1350: נחשׁnḥš — Root of: נְחֹ֫שֶׁת lust, harlotry