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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Hebrews were not acquainted with carbonized iron, or steel

Wherever the word is found in Scripture, copper is meant (Psa. 18:34³⁴He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. (Psalm 18:34)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The words are nechosheth or nechushah, and are often translated “brass.” Either copper, or some alloy is most probable, not what is now known as steel, though in the first three passages it is “a bow of steel” (2 Sam. 22:35³⁵He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. (2 Samuel 22:35); Job 20:24²⁴He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. (Job 20:24); Psalm 18:34³⁴He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. (Psalm 18:34); Jer. 15:1¹Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. (Jeremiah 15:1).2).