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Lexicon :: Strong's G785 - aspis

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ἀσπίς
Transliteration
aspis (Key)
Pronunciation
as-pece'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀσπίς aspís, as-pece'; of uncertain derivation; a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp":—asp.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G785 in the following manner: asp (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G785 in the following manner: asp (1x).

  1. an asp, a small and most venomous serpent, the bite of which is fatal unless the bitten part be immediately cut away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀσπίς aspís, as-pece'; of uncertain derivation; a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp":—asp.
STRONGS G785:
ἀσπίς, -ίδος, ἡ, an asp, a small and most venomous serpent, the bite of which is fatal unless the part bitten be immediately cut away: Romans 3:13. (Deuteronomy 32:33; Isaiah 30:6 [etc. Herodotus, Aristotle, others.] Aelian nat. an. 2, 24; 6, 38; Plutarch, mor., p. 380 f. i. e. de Isid. et Osir. § 74; Oppian. cyn. 3, 433.) [Cf. BB. DD. under the word Asp; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 270ff.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:33
Isaiah
30:6
Romans
3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G785 matches the Greek ἀσπίς (aspis),
which occurs 20 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - Their wine is the rage of serpents, and the incurable rage of asps.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And greaves of brass were upon his legs, and a brazen target was between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, were forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And three hundred bucklers of beaten gold: the weight of three hundred gold shekels went to one buckler: and the king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 - And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 - yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 - (LXX 41:7) His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his skin as a smyrite stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - (LXX 13:3) They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - (LXX 57:5) Their venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - (LXX 90:13) Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - (LXX 139:4) They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; [fn] the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young of asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The Vision of the Quadrupeds in the Desert. In affliction and distress, where are the lion and lion's whelp, thence come also asps, and the young of flying asps, there shall they be who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They have hatched asps' eggs, and weave a spider's web: and he that is going to eat of their eggs, having crushed an addled egg, has found also in it a basilisk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3 - (LXX 26:3) Take up arms and spears, and draw nigh to battle;
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