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Lexicon :: Strong's H6848 - ṣep̄aʿ

Aa
צֶפַע
Transliteration
ṣep̄aʿ
Pronunciation
tseh'-fah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to extrude
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1954a,1954b

Strong’s Definitions

צֶפַע tsephaʻ, tseh'-fah; from an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing):—adder, cockatrice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6848 in the following manner: cockatrice (4x), adder (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6848 in the following manner: cockatrice (4x), adder (1x).

  1. poisonous serpent

    1. a viper snake or adder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֶפַע tsephaʻ, tseh'-fah; from an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing):—adder, cockatrice.
STRONGS H6848: Abbreviations
† צֶ֫פַע noun masculine a (poisonous) serpent (from hissing ?); — Isaiah 14:29; usually taken as = following.

† צִפְעוֺנִי noun masculine id.; — absolute צ׳ Isaiah 11:8 (|| פָּ֑תֶן), בֵּיצֵי צ׳ Isaiah 59:5; כְּצִפְעֹנִי Proverbs 23:32 (simile; || נָתָשׁ); plural צִפְעֹנִים Jeremiah 8:17 (app. נְחָשִׁים); identification dubious; TristrNHB 275 ('possibly') daboia xanthina, a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs FurrerBi HWB 2, 1423; Furrer proposes ailurophis vivex.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Proverbs

23:32

Isaiah

11:8; 14:29; 59:5

Jeremiah

8:17

H6848

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6848 matches the Hebrew צֶפַע (ṣep̄aʿ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
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