Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong's Definition
coppery, i.e. (figuratively) hard
Translated in KJV as
of brass.
Etymology
apparently passive participle of H5172 (נָחַשׁ) (perhaps in the sense of ringing), i.e. bell-metal; or from the red color of the throat of a serpent (H5175 (נָחָשׁ), as denominative) when hissing);
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