Nehushtan n. : A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.

Example:
Was Jesus wrong to compare his own crucifixion to the Nehushtan?

Taxonomy
Nehushtan, serpent, snake, LORD, brazen serpent, snake bites, Joiner, the Israelites, Nehustan, pole, destruction, 1968, brass, King Hezekiah, 2 Kings, origin, bronze serpent, Moses in rabbinic literature.

Defination from the web:
Nehushtan (or Nehustan, Hebrew: נחושתן or נחש הנחושת), in Judaism, was a sacred object in the form of a copper snake upon a pole. King Hezekiah (reigned 715/6 – 687) instituted a religious iconoclastic reform and destroyed the Nehushtan (2 Kings 18:4) ...