Strong H6848H6848Bצִפְעוֹנִי
serpent
One of the 2 senses of Strong H6848
- Transliteration
- tsepha‛ tsiph‛ônîy
- Pronunciation
- {tseh'-fah} tsif-o-nee'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
General definition
From an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the {tongue} that {is} hissing): - {adder} cockatrice.
In the Bible
Strong H6848B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cockatrice3
- adder1
First verses
- Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Isaiah 11:8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
- Isaiah 59:5They 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 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.