International Standard Bible Encyclopedia BRASS; BRAZENbras (nechosheth): The use of the word brass has always been more or less indefinite in its application. At the present time the term brass is applied to an alloy of copper and zinc or of copper, zinc and tin. The word translated "brass" in the King James Version would be more correctly rendered bronze, since the alloy used was copper and tin (Exodus 27:4). In some passages however copper is meant (Deuteronomy 8:9), as bronze is an artificial product. This alloy was known in Egypt in at least 1600 B.C. It was probably known in Europe still earlier (2000 B.C.), which helps to answer the question as to the source of the tin. Bronze was probably of European origin and was carried to Egypt. At a later period the Egyptians made the alloy themselves, bringing their copper from Sinai, Cyprus or northern Syria (see COPPER), and their tin from the Balkan regions or from Spain or the British Isles (see TIN). When the Children of Israel came into the promised land, they found the Canaanites already skilled in the making and use of bronze instruments. This period marked the transition from the bronze age to the iron age in Palestine Museums possessing antiquities from Bible lands have among their collections many and varied bronze objects. Among the most common are nails, lamps, hand mirrors, locks, cutting instruments, etc. Within comparatively recent times brass, meaning an alloy of copper and zinc, has been introduced into Syria. The alloy is made by the native workmen (see CRAFTS). Sheet brass is now being extensively imported for the making of bowls, vases, etc. Bronze is practically unknown in the modern native articles SEA, THE MOLTEN; SEA, THE BRAZEN mol'-t'n, or (yam mutsaq, yam hanechosheth): This was a large brazen (bronze) reservoir for water which stood in the court of Solomon's Temple between the altar and the temple porch, toward the South (1 Kings 7:23-26 2 Chronicles 4:2-5, 10). The bronze from which it was made is stated in 1 Chronicles 18:8 to have been taken by David from the cities Tibhath and Cun. It replaced the laver of the tabernacle, and, like that, was used for storing the water in which the priests washed their hands and their feet (compare Exodus 30:18; Exodus 38:8). It rested on 12 brazen (bronze) oxen, facing in four groups the four quarters of heaven. For particulars of shape, size and ornamentation, see TEMPLE. The "sea" served its purpose till the time of Ahaz, who took away the brazen oxen, and placed, the sea upon a pavement (2 Kings 16:17). It is recorded that the oxen were afterward taken to Babylon (Jeremiah 52:20). The sea itself shared the same fate, being first broken to pieces (2 Kings 25:13, 16). BRAZEN bra'-z'-n. BRAZEN SEA See SEA, THE MOLTEN. BRAZEN SERPENT See NEHUSHTAN. SEA, BRAZEN bra'-z'n. SERPENT, BRAZEN bra'-z'-n. Greek 5473. chalkion -- a brazen (ie of copper, bronze, brass) vessel ... a brazen (ie of copper, bronze, brass) vessel. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: chalkion Phonetic Spelling: (khal-kee'-on) Short Definition: a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5473.htm - 6k 5470. chalkous -- brazen (ie of copper, bronze, brass) 5475. chalkos -- copper or bronze Strong's Hebrew 5810. azaz -- to be strong... root Definition to be strong NASB Word Usage became fixed (1), brazen (1), displays a bold (1), mighty (1), prevail (2), prevailed (1), prevailed* (1), show ... /hebrew/5810.htm - 6k Library The Brazen Serpent The Brazen Serpent. The Brazen Serpent. The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent The Brazen Serpent; Or, Looking to Jesus, John 3 14 15 16 The Brazen Serpent and the Golden Cherubim were not violations of ... The Brazen Serpent; Or, Looking to Jesus. John 3:14-16. Types of the Death of Christ Isaac; Joseph; Jacob against Simeon ... Now Suppose that While You were Writing This, as You Tell us You ... The Absurd Doctrine of Abaelard, who Attributes Properly and ... Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.2. (a.) Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass. 3. (a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. 4. (v. t.) To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. Thesaurus Brazen (42 Occurrences)... 3. (a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BRASS; BRAZEN. ... /b/brazen.htm - 25k Brazen-faced (2 Occurrences) Nehushtan (1 Occurrence) Grate (6 Occurrences) Molten (41 Occurrences) Brass (168 Occurrences) Bindeth (25 Occurrences) Laver (13 Occurrences) Ahaz (42 Occurrences) Salim (1 Occurrence) Bible Concordance Brazen (42 Occurrences)Mark 7:4 and on coming from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches), Revelation 9:20 And the rest of men who were not killed with these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the golden and silver and brazen and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. Exodus 27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. Exodus 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, Exodus 38:4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. Exodus 38:5 and he casteth four rings for the four ends of the brazen grate -- places for bars; Exodus 38:10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. Exodus 38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, Exodus 39:39 The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, Leviticus 6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. Numbers 16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: Judges 16:21 And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house. 1 Kings 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars: 1 Kings 7:30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 1 Kings 14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. 2 Kings 16:14 And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 2 Kings 16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to enquire by. 2 Kings 16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones. 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen 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 25:7 And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they bring him to Babylon. 2 Kings 25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 1 Chronicles 18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 2 Chronicles 1:5 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 2 Chronicles 1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. 2 Chronicles 4:1 And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits. 2 Chronicles 6:13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven. 2 Chronicles 7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. 2 Chronicles 33:11 and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon. 2 Chronicles 36:6 against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon. Job 6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen? Proverbs 7:13 So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him: Isaiah 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron; Jeremiah 1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. Jeremiah 3:3 So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed. Jeremiah 15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. Jeremiah 39:7 And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon. Jeremiah 52:11 and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him in brazen fetters, and the king of Babylon bringeth him to Babylon, and putteth him in the house of inspection unto the day of his death. Jeremiah 52:17 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. Jeremiah 52:20 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah-the brass of all these vessels was without weight. Ezekiel 9:2 And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. Ezekiel 16:30 How weak is your heart, says the Lord Yahweh, seeing you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute; Subtopics Brazen Serpent: A Symbol of Christ Brazen Serpent: Made by Moses for the Healing of the Israelites Brazen Serpent: Worshiped by Israelites Related Terms Burnt-offerings (86 Occurrences) Meat-offerings (10 Occurrences) Meal-offering (120 Occurrences) Congregation (347 Occurrences) Peace-offerings (82 Occurrences) Tiglathpileser (3 Occurrences) Tiglath-pileser (6 Occurrences) Bashan-havoth-jair (1 Occurrence) Burnt-sacrifice (13 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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