Definition
from an unused root meaning to twist; an asp (from its contortions)
Traditional renderings: adder.
Traditional renderings: adder.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פֶּ֫תֶן:
- ἀσπίςaspis“asp”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Deuteronomy 32:33פְּתָנִ֖ים · of cobrasTheir wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
- Job 20:14פְּתָנִ֣ים · of cobras…yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
- Job 20:16פְּתָנִ֥ים · of cobrasHe will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
- Psalm 58:4פֶ֥תֶן · a cobraTheir venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
- Psalm 91:13וָפֶ֣תֶן · and cobraYou will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
- Isaiah 11:8פָּ֑תֶן · the cobra’sThe infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.