צֶ֫פַע
tse.pahserpentHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine5 occurrences3 books5 verses
Definition
from an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
Traditional renderings: adder, cockatrice.
Traditional renderings: adder, cockatrice.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders צֶ֫פַע:
- ἀσπίςaspis“asp”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Proverbs 23:32וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י · like a viperIn the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
- Isaiah 11:8צִפְעוֹנִ֔י · the viper’sThe infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- Isaiah 14:29צֶ֔פַע · a viperDo not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Isaiah 59:5צִפְעוֹנִי֙ · of vipersThey hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
- Jeremiah 8:17צִפְעֹנִ֔ים · vipers“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.