Strong H68482 sensesצֶ֫פַע

serpent

Transliteration: tsepha‛ tsiph‛ônîy
Pronunciation: {tseh'-fah} tsif-o-nee'

The 2 senses of Strong H6848

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6848 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

General definition

From an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the {tongue} that {is} hissing): - {adder} cockatrice.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

cockatrice4
adder1

First 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.