Definitions

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  • noun Any false idol.

Etymologies

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Hebrew: the name given in the Bible to the brass serpent made by Moses which the Israelites worshipped in the desert.

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Examples

  • And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

  • For example, King Hezekiah destroyed this relic, which had been preserved in the Temple, calling it "Nehushtan," "a brazen thing," as an expression of his contempt.

    The Emancipation of Massachusetts Brooks Adams 1887

  • a mysterious sanctity; and in order to deliver the people from their infatuation, and impress them with the idea of its worthlessness, Hezekiah called it, in contempt, "Nehushtan," a brazen thing, a mere piece of brass (2 Kings 18: 4).

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • β€œHe removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan” 2 Kings 18:4.

    FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010

  • Kalfus-Nehushtan soon took part in a course for commanders, becoming a commander in the Ramat Gan Fighting Force.

    Irgun Zeva'i Le'ummi (I.Z.L.). 2009

  • Kalfus-Nehushtan was sentenced to fifteen years in prison without special treatment, but she managed to break out of the detention camp two years later, two months before the British left Palestine.

    Irgun Zeva'i Le'ummi (I.Z.L.). 2009

  • The bottles of acid were given to Kalfus-Nehushtan to transport in her handbag, but one of the bottles overturned and the acid spilled, burning her leg.

    Irgun Zeva'i Le'ummi (I.Z.L.). 2009

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