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HebrewH5177Proper Noun (Masculine)

נַחְשׁוֹן

nach.shon

9Occurrences
H5177Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nachshon, an Israelite

from H5172 (נָחַשׁ); enchanter;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Amminadab (H5992); brother of: Elisheba (H0472); father of: Salmon (H8007) Also named: Naassōn (*Ναασσών *"Nahshon" G3476) § Nahshon = "enchanter" son of Amminadab and prince of the Judah at the first numbering in the wilderness; 5th in descent from Judah in the genealogy of Christ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נַחְשׁוֹן appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
5
1 Chronicles
2
Exodus
1
Ruth
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:10BSB

Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

1 Chronicles 2:11BSB

Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

Exodus 6:23BSB

And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 1:7BSB

from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

Numbers 10:14BSB

First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.