Strong H5175נָחָשׁ
serpent
- Transliteration
- nâchâsh
- Pronunciation
- naw-khawsh'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H5172; a snake (from its hiss): - serpent.
Detailed definition
1) serpent, snake
1a) serpent
1b) image (of serpent)
1c) fleeing serpent (mythological)
1a) serpent
1b) image (of serpent)
1c) fleeing serpent (mythological)
In the Bible
Strong H5175 appears in 28 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- serpent27
- become1
- pass1
First verses
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
- Genesis 3:4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
- Genesis 3:13And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:14And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 49:17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- Exodus 4:3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
- Exodus 7:15Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
- Numbers 21:6And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 21:7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
- Numbers 21:9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
- Deuteronomy 8:15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
- 2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
- Job 26:13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
- Psalms 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
- Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Proverbs 30:19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.