1. Nahash (personal name) — Proper masculine name referring to Nahash, an Ammonite king mentioned in the narratives of Saul and David (1 Sam 11, 2 Sam 10, 1 Chr 19). Consistently transliterated across languages: eng 'Nachash/Nahash', spa 'Najash', arb 'ناحاش', kor '나하스/나하시', swa 'Nahashi', hin 'नाहाश'. The two clusters differ only in grammatical inflection (with/without construct or conjunction), not in referent or meaning. 9×
AR["ناحاش","ناحاشَ","نَاحَاش","نَاحَاشَ","نَاحَاشُ"]·ben["নাহশ","নাহশের","নাহাশ","নাহাশকে","নাহাশের"]·DE["Bronze","Nachash","Nahash"]·EN["Nachash","Nahash"]·FR["Nachash","Nahash","[נחש]"]·heb["נָחָשׁ","נחש"]·HI["नाहाश","नाहाश-का","नाहाश-की","नाहाश-के"]·ID["Nahas"]·IT["Nachash","Nahash","[נחש]"]·jav["Nahas"]·KO["나하스","나하스의","나하시","나하시가"]·PT["Nachash"]·RU["Нахаш","Нахаша","Нахашу"]·ES["Najas","Najash"]·SW["Nahashi"]·TR["Nahaş","Nahaş'ın","Nahaş-a"]·urd["ناحاش","ناحاش-کے","نحاس","نحاس-کا","نحاس-کی"]
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† II. נָחָשׁ n.pr.m. 1. king of Ammon 1 S 11:1(×2), 2; 12:12 2 S 10:2 1 Ch 19:1, 2; perhaps also 2 S 17:27; 𝔊 Ναας. 2. father of Abigail and Zeruiah 2 S 17:25, si vera l.; 𝔊 Ναας, but 𝔊L Ιεσσαι (cf. 1 Ch 2:16); WeGesch. 2, 57 Anm. 1 Löhr defend נחשׁ; dub. WeSm HPS. 3. giving name to a city עִיר נ׳ 1 Ch 4:12, 𝔊 πόλεως Ναας; 𝔊L Ηρναας.