נָחָשׁ

na.chashNahash
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man9 occurrences3 books8 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Nahash: Ammonite king who besieged Jabesh Gilead
  • Nahash: Ammonite king, father of Hanun, showed kindness to David
  • Nahash: Mother of Abigail and Zeruiah, David's sisters
  • Nahash: King of the Ammonites, provided supplies to David

Definition

the same as H5175; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite
Traditional renderings: Nahash.

Glossary entries

Nahash

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. 1 Samuel 11:1 (2×)נָחָשׁ֙ · Then Nahash; נָחָ֔שׁ · him
    Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
  2. 1 Samuel 11:2נָחָשׁ֙ · But Nahash
    But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
  3. 1 Samuel 12:12נָחָ֞שׁ · Nahash
    But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
  4. 2 Samuel 10:2נָחָ֗שׁ · of Nahash
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
  5. 2 Samuel 17:25נָחָ֔שׁ · of Nahash
    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
  6. 2 Samuel 17:27נָחָ֜שׁ · of Nahash
    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
  7. 1 Chronicles 19:1נָחָ֖שׁ · Nahash
    Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.
  8. 1 Chronicles 19:2נָחָ֗שׁ · of Nahash
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,