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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Brass

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

126exact KJV occurrences 120Old Testament 6New Testament 24books containing the word 7mapped Strong's IDs 126occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 18:12

The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where brass appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 11 verses Exodus 3230 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 32 verses Deuteronomy 33 verses Joshua 33 verses Judges 11 verses 1 Samuel 53 verses 2 Samuel 33 verses 1 Kings 98 verses 2 Kings 75 verses 1 Chronicles 108 verses 2 Chronicles 88 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 11 verses Isaiah 43 verses Jeremiah 75 verses Ezekiel 66 verses Daniel 1010 verses Micah 11 verses Zechariah 11 verses Matthew 11 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses Revelation 44 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH5178
נְחֹשֶׁת

nᵉchôsheth · nekh-o'-sheth

103 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

Strong's KJV usage: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 4:22Strong's last: Zechariah 6:1

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HebrewH5154
נְחוּשָׁה

nᵉchûwshâh · nekh-oo-shaw'

7 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

copper

Strong's KJV usage: brass, steel. Compare 5176.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Leviticus 26:19Strong's last: Micah 4:13

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GreekG5475
χαλκός

chalkós · khal-kos'

3 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

copper (the substance, or some implement or coin made of it)

Strong's KJV usage: :--brass, money.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 10:9Strong's last: Revelation 18:12

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GreekG5474
χαλκολίβανον

chalkolíbanon · khal-kol-ib'-an-on

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

burnished copper, an alloy of copper (or gold) and silver having a brilliant lustre

Strong's KJV usage: :--fine brass.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Revelation 1:15Strong's last: Revelation 2:18

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HebrewH5153
נָחוּשׁ

nâchûwsh · naw-khoosh'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a

coppery, i.e. (figuratively) hard

Strong's KJV usage: of brass.

Strong's first: Job 6:12Strong's last: Job 6:12

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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1 Kings 7:14
H5178

He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

1 Kings 7:14
H5178

He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

1 Kings 7:15
H5178

For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

1 Kings 7:16
H5178

And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

1 Kings 7:27
H5178

And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

1 Kings 7:30
H5178

And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

1 Kings 7:38
H5178

Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

1 Kings 7:45
H5178

And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.

1 Kings 7:47
H5178

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

brass

BR'ASS, noun

1. An alloy of copper and zink, of a yellow color; usually containing about one third of its weight of zink, but the proportions are variable. The best brass is made by cementation of calamine or the oxyd of zink with granulated copper.

2. Impudence; a brazen face.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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