Bible Names

Nahshon: meaning of the name

Nahshon means “same as Naashon.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Nahshon in Hebrew and Greek

נַחְשׁוֹן H5177

Nachshôwn (nakh-shone') — Nachshon, an Israelite

from H5172 (נָחַשׁ); enchanter;

Who named Nahshon in the Bible

Nahshon in Scripture

“Nahshon” appears in 8 verses of the King James Version.

  • Numbers 1:7

    Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  • Numbers 2:3

    And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

  • Numbers 7:12

    And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

  • Numbers 7:17

    And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  • Numbers 10:14

    In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  • Ruth 4:20

    And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

  • 1 Chronicles 2:10

    And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

  • 1 Chronicles 2:11

    And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,