H6848: צֶפַע
tsephaʻ · pronounced tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee' · “serpent”
Definition
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
KJV translates it as: adder, cockatrice.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning to extrude;
Extended definition
1a) a viper snake or adder
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6848 is translated
- a viper ×4
- vipers ×1
Bible verses with H6848 (tsephaʻ)
Tsephaʻ appears in 5 verses.
- Proverbs 23:32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Isaiah 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’ den.
- Isaiah 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, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 59:5
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
- Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.