Definition

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

Etymology

for H5154 (נְחוּשָׁה);

Word family

• נְחוּשָׁה nᵉchûwshâh

How the KJV renders it

• brasen
• brass
• chain
• copper
• fetter (of brass)
• filthiness
• steel

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.