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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 Box Deu 32:33

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Their wine is serpents’ venom,

the deadly poison of cobras.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

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There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:45

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David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel ​— ​you have defied him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

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The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army ​— ​men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:16

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He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 7 1/2 pounds[fn] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:26

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He rushes headlong at him

with his thick, studded shields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:14

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yet the food in his stomach turns

into cobras’ venom inside him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:15

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His pride is in his rows of scales,

closely sealed together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 -

All have turned away;

all alike have become corrupt.

There is no one who does good,

not even one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

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They have venom like the venom of a snake,

like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

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You will tread on the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the young lion and the serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

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They make their tongues

as sharp as a snake’s bite;

viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

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An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit,

and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.

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Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia,

because the rod of the one who struck you is broken.

For a viper will come from the root[fn] of a snake,

and from its egg comes a flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

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A pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev:[fn]

Through a land of trouble and distress,

of lioness and lion,

of viper and flying serpent,

they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys

and their treasures on the humps of camels,

to a people who will not help them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:5

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They hatch viper’s eggs

and weave spider’s webs.

Whoever eats their eggs will die;

crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:3

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Deploy small shields and large;

approach for battle!

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