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Lexicon :: Strong's G785 - aspis

Aa
ἀσπίς
Transliteration
aspis (Key)
Pronunciation
as-pece'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀσπίς aspís, as-pece'; of uncertain derivation; a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp":—asp.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G785 in the following manner: asp (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G785 in the following manner: asp (1x).

  1. an asp, a small and most venomous serpent, the bite of which is fatal unless the bitten part be immediately cut away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀσπίς aspís, as-pece'; of uncertain derivation; a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp":—asp.
STRONGS G785:
ἀσπίς, -ίδος, ἡ, an asp, a small and most venomous serpent, the bite of which is fatal unless the part bitten be immediately cut away: Romans 3:13. (Deuteronomy 32:33; Isaiah 30:6 [etc. Herodotus, Aristotle, others.] Aelian nat. an. 2, 24; 6, 38; Plutarch, mor., p. 380 f. i. e. de Isid. et Osir. § 74; Oppian. cyn. 3, 433.) [Cf. BB. DD. under the word Asp; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 270ff.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:33
Isaiah
30:6
Romans
3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G785 matches the Greek ἀσπίς (aspis),
which occurs 20 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 -
Their wine is the poison of serpents,
And the cruel venom of asps.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 -
He runneth upon him with a stiff neck,
With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 -
Yet his food in his bowels is turned,
It is the gall of asps within him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 -
His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up together as with a close seal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 -
They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy;
There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 -
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 -
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:
The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 -
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;
Adders’ poison is under their lips.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3 - Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
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