Copper

Heb. nechosheth , in the Authorized Version always rendered "brass," except in (Ezra 8:27) and Jere 15:12 It was almost exclusively used by the ancients for common purposes, and for every kind of instrument, as chains, pillars, lavers and the other temple vessels. We read also of copper mirrors, (Exodus 38:8) and even of copper arms, as helmets, spears, etc. (1 Samuel 17:5,6,38; 2 Samuel 21:16)

Copper

One of the primitive metals, and the most ductile and malleable after gold and silver. Of this metal and zinc is made brass, which is a modern invention. There is little doubt but that copper is intended in those passages of our translation on the Bible which speak of brass. Copper was known prior to the flood, and was wrought by Tubal-cain, Genesis 4:22. Hiram of Tyre was a celebrated worker in copper, 1 Kings 7:14. Palestine abounded in it, De 8:9, and David amassed great quantities to be employed in building the temple, 1 Chronicles 22:3-14. In Ezra 8:27, two vessels are mentioned "of fine copper, precious as gold." This was probably a metal compounded of copper, with gold or silver, or both. It was extolled for its beauty, solidity, and rarity, and for some uses was referred to gold itself. Some compound of this kind may have been used for the small mirrors mentioned in Exodus 38:8 Job 37:18. See BRASS.

Derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called "Cyprian brass," occurs only in the Authorized Version in Ezra 8:27. Elsewhere the Hebrew word (nehosheth) is improperly rendered "brass," and sometimes "steel" (2 Samuel 22:35; Jeremiah 15:12). The "bow of steel" (Job 20:24; Psalm 18:34) should have been "bow of copper" (or "brass, " as in the R.V.). The vessels of "fine copper" of Ezra 8:27 were probably similar to those of "bright brass" mentioned in 1 Kings 7:45; Dan. 10:6.

Tubal-cain was the first artificer in brass and iron (Genesis 4:22). Hiram was noted as a worker in brass (1 Kings 7:14). Copper abounded in Palestine (Deuteronomy 8:9; Isaiah 60:17; 1 Chronicles 22:3, 14). All sorts of vessels in the tabernacle and the temple were made of it (Leviticus 6:28; Numbers 16:39; 2 Chronicles 4:16; Ezra 8:27); also weapons of war (1 Samuel 17:5, 6, 38; 2 Samuel 21:16). Iron is mentioned only four times (Genesis 4:22; Leviticus 26:19; Numbers 31:22; 35:16) in the first four books of Moses, while copper (rendered "brass") is mentioned forty times. (see BRASS.)

We find mention of Alexander (q.v.), a "coppersmith" of Ephesus (2 Timothy 4:14).

1. (n.) A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.

2. (n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.

3. (n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.

4. (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.

5. (v. t.) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.

COPPER

kop'-er (nechosheth): The word is translated "copper" in only one passage (Ezra 8:27 the King James Version). In the American Standard Revised Version of this passage, "brass" has been substituted. Neither describes the actual alloy according to present definitions so well as the word "bronze." Copper was one of the earliest metals to be known and utilized in alloy, but copper, as a single metal, was probably little used. The remains of spears, balances, arms, vases, mirrors, statues, cooking utensils, implements of all kinds, etc., from Bible times are principally of an alloy of copper hardened with tin known today as bronze (see BRASS). In such passages as Deuteronomy 8:9, where reference is made to the native metal or ores, "copper" should be substituted for "brass" as in the American Standard Revised Version (compare Job 40:18). This is true also of coins as chalkos, in Matthew 10:9.

Our modern English word "copper" is derived from an old name pertaining to the island of Cyprus. Copper was known to the ancients as Cyprian brass, probably because that island was one of the chief sources for this metal. The Sinai peninsula and the mountains of northern Syria also contributed to the ancient world's supply (see Tell el-Amarna Letters). No evidences of copper ore in any quantity are found in Palestine proper.

See METAL; MINE.

James A. Patch.

COPPERSmith

kop'-er-smith (chalkeus): The word is found in New Testament once only, in 2 Timothy 4:14: "Alexander the coppersmith did (margin "showed") me much evil." As the Bible word rendered "copper" (see Ezra 8:27 the King James Version) is translated "brass" by the Revised Version (British and American), so the word here rendered "c." should be rendered "brazier," or "worker in brass."

See COPPER.

5475. chalkos -- copper or bronze
... copper or bronze. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: chalkos Phonetic
Spelling: (khal-kos') Short Definition: copper, brass, money Definition ...
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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 ...
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5474. chalkolibanon -- chalcolibanus (fine copper, bronze or brass ...
... chalcolibanus (fine copper, bronze or brass). Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: chalkolibanon Phonetic Spelling: (khal-kol-ib'-an-on) Short ...
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5470. chalkous -- brazen (ie of copper, bronze, brass)
... brazen (ie of copper, bronze, brass). Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration:
chalkous Phonetic Spelling: (khal'-keh-os) Short Definition: made of bronze ...
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2835. kodrantes -- quadrans, one-fourth of an as (a Roman monetary ...
... unit). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kodrantes Phonetic Spelling:
(kod-ran'-tace) Short Definition: the smallest Roman copper coin Definition ...
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5471. chalkeus -- a worker in metal
... metal. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: chalkeus Phonetic Spelling:
(khalk-yooce') Short Definition: a worker in brass or copper Definition: a ...
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3016. leptos -- peeled, fine, thin, small, light
... probably the smallest piece of money. 3016 -- a copper or bronze coin worth
1/A of a denarius, ie . Word Origin from the same as ...
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5472. chalkedon -- chalcedony (a precious stone)
... chalcedony. From chalkos and perhaps eidos; copper-like, ie "chalcedony" -- chalcedony.
see GREEK chalkos. see GREEK eidos. (chalkedon) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5178. nechosheth -- copper, bronze
... 5177, 5178. nechosheth. 5179 . copper, bronze. Transliteration: nechosheth
Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-o'-sheth) Short Definition: bronze. ...
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5154. nechushah -- copper, bronze
... 5153, 5154. nechushah or nechushah. 5155 . copper, bronze. Transliteration:
nechushah or nechushah Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-oo-shaw') Short Definition: bronze ...
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5174. nechash -- copper, bronze
... copper, bronze. Transliteration: nechash Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-awsh') Short
Definition: bronze. ... brass. (Aramaic) corresponding to nchuwshah; copper -- brass. ...
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5180. Nechushtan -- the name of Moses' bronze serpent
... Nehushtan. From nchosheth; something made of copper, ie The copper serpent of the
Desert -- Nehushtan. see HEBREW nchosheth. 5179b, 5180. Nechushtan. 5181 ...
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8314. saraph -- fiery serpent
... From saraph; burning, ie (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph
or symbolical creature (from their copper color) -- fiery (serpent), seraph ...
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5179. Nchushta' -- perhaps lust, harlotry
... Nehushta From nchosheth; copper; Nechushta, an Israelitess -- Nehushta. see HEBREW
nchosheth. 5178, 5179. Nchushta'. 5179a . Strong's Numbers.
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Lo, if Some one were to Place Before You Copper in the Lump...
... Book VI. 15 Lo, if some one were to place before you copper in the lump? ... Does it
change copper into gold, or compel worthless earthenware to become silver? ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/15 lo if some one.htm

But Unbelievers Cry, "How Can the Flesh, which Has Been Putrified ...
... And when mortal ingenuity discovers that gold has its own proper vein, and silver
another, and that a far different vein of copper, and diverse and distinct ...
/.../42 but unbelievers cry how.htm

The Contrast
... Love. It is a very easy thing to toss a copper to a beggar on the street;
it is generally an easier thing than not to do it. Yet ...
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"Something"
... The eldest brother, the brickmaker, found that every brick he turned out whole yielded
him a tiny copper coin"only copper"but a great many of these small ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/wells/bible stories and religious classics/something.htm

A Notice of Aetius, Eunomius' Master in Heresy, and of Eunomius ...
... broken by a blow, and which he was to mend: but he cheated the poor creature, by
appropriating her gold trinket, and giving her instead one of copper, of the ...
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Again, in C??sarea, when the Persecution had Continued to the ...
... the sea. Then passing from her to the other confessors, he condemned all of
them to the copper mines in Ph??no in Palestine. 3. Afterwards ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter vii again in caesarea.htm

That God Bestows an Abundant Supply of Whatever is Suited to the ...
... It is he who has also distributed the metals, as gold, silver, copper, and the rest,
in due proportion; ordaining an abundant supply of those which would be ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter viii that god bestows an.htm

The Full Measure
... In other paths you may come to a knowledge of God which is by reason; but red copper,
though at times it looks like gold, is yet not gold, but copper only. ...
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Book 11 Footnotes
... [8] Dr. Hudson takes notice here, that this kind of brass or copper, or rather mixture
of gold and brass or copper, was called aurichalcum, and that this was ...
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Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: a New Year's Promise
... This promise meant that Asher should have treasures under his feet"that there should,
in fact, be mines of iron and copper within the boundaries of the tribe ...
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Copper (55 Occurrences)
... The "bow of steel" (Job 20:24; Psalm 18:34) should have been "bow of copper"
(or "brass, " as in the RV). The vessels of "fine copper...
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Copper-worker (1 Occurrence)
Copper-worker. Copper-smith, Copper-worker. Coptic . Multi-Version
Concordance Copper-worker (1 Occurrence). 2 Timothy ...
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Copper-smith (1 Occurrence)
Copper-smith. Coppersmith, Copper-smith. Copper-worker . Multi-Version
Concordance Copper-smith (1 Occurrence). 2 Timothy ...
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Brass (168 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not
known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by ...
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Metals (1 Occurrence)
... METALS. met'-alz (Latin metallum, "metal," "mine"; Greek metallon, "mine"): The
metals known by the ancients were copper, gold, iron, lead, silver and tin. ...
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Utensils (72 Occurrences)
... shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its
forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper...
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Brazen (42 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Connecting-rods (8 Occurrences)
... Exodus 27:10 and the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty bases of copper, the
hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver. (DBY). ...
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Coins (13 Occurrences)
... native coins until the time of the Maccabees, who struck coins after gaining their
independence about 143-141 BC These kings struck silver and copper, or the ...
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Acacia-wood (27 Occurrences)
... make for the curtain five pillars of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; their
hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast five bases of copper for them. ...
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