# נַחַשׁ (nachash)

Israeli respelling: na-chash. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5173. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

an incantation or augury

King James renderings: enchantment.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nachash-h5173

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 23:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/23) — Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Ja…
- [Numbers 24:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/1) — And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face…