Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nehushtan

/nəˈhʊʃtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ne-hush-tan
IPA: /nəˈhʊʃtən/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any false idol.

Etymology

Hebrew נְחֻשְׁתָּן: the name given in the Bible to a brass serpent prepared by Moses to cure the Israelites of venomous snake bites in the desert. It was later worshipped for an idol, and subsequently destroyed by King Hezekiah.

Inflected Forms

Nehushtans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce nehushtan?: The recorded pronunciation is /nəˈhʊʃtən/.
What does nehushtan mean?: Any false idol.
Where does nehushtan come from?: Hebrew נְחֻשְׁתָּן: the name given in the Bible to a brass serpent prepared by Moses to cure the Israelites of venomous snake bites in the desert. It was later worshipped for an idol, and subsequently destroyed by King Hezekiah.

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