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Lexicon :: Strong's H6848 - ṣep̄aʿ

Strong's

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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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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; Tristr^{NHB 275} ('possibly') daboia xanthina, a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs Furrer^{Bi 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

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H6848

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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 Box Pro 23:32

Pro 23:32 - At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.^H6848

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

Isa 11:8 - And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice'^H6848 den.

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Isa 14:29 - Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice,^H6848 and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:5

Isa 59:5 - They hatch cockatrice'^H6848 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 Box Jer 8:17

Jer 8:17 - For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices,^H6848 among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

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