נָחָשׁ
na.chash
A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.11.1
§ 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
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.17.25;
wife of: Jesse (H3448H);
mother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J)
§ 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
Ir-nahash - a city mentioned only at 1Ch.4.12
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Concordance 8 verses
- 1 Samuel 11:1 נָחָשׁ֙נָחָ֔שׁ
Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
- 1 Samuel 11:2 נָחָשׁ֙
But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 12:12 נָחָ֞שׁ
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
- 2 Samuel 10:2 נָחָ֗שׁ
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
- 2 Samuel 17:25 נָחָ֔שׁ
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 17:27 נָחָ֜שׁ
When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
- 1 Chronicles 19:1 נָחָ֖שׁ
Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.
- 1 Chronicles 19:2 נָחָ֗שׁ
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
