Definition

coppery, i.e. (figuratively) hard

Etymology

apparently passive participle of H5172 (נָחַשׁ) (perhaps in the sense of ringing), i.e. bell-metal; or from the red color of the throat of a serpent (H5175 (נָחָשׁ), as denominative) when hissing);

Word family

• נָחַשׁ nâchash
• נָחָשׁ nâchâsh

How the KJV renders it

• of brass

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.