Strong's #5176: Nachash (pronounced naw-khawsh')

the same as 5175; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite:--Nahash.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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nâchâsh

Nahash = "serpent"

1) a king of the Ammonites during the time of king Saul

2) the father of Abigail, the mother of Amasa, the commander of Absalom' s army

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: the same as H5175

Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

 

1 Samuel 11:1: " Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all"
1 Samuel 11:1: "the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve"
1 Samuel 11:2: " And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all"
1 Samuel 12:12: "And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against"
2 Samuel 10:2: "unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness"
2 Samuel 17:25: "in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother."
2 Samuel 17:27: "to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon,"
1 Chronicles 19:1: "Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died,"
1 Chronicles 19:2: "unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness"