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- Hebrew · derived fromנְחֻשְׁתָּן
- English todayNehushtan
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.