ne.chush.tan is the name given to the bronze serpent after it was crushed for receiving incense.

The attested use is a proper name applied to the bronze serpent in the account where it is crushed because the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it.

1. Name of the crushed bronze serpent · dominant

   In 2 Kings 18:4, the Proper Noun occurs in the clause naming the bronze serpent after its destruction; the APB renders that clause, “and he called it Nehushtan.” The same verse places the name in the account of incense having been burned to the serpent.

   2 Kings 18:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 18:4, the APB presents the term as the name “Nehushtan” in the clause following the crushing of the bronze serpent. The verse is read as a whole.