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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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - their wine is the poison of serpents
and the cruel venom of asps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; 300 shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 - running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 - yet his food is turned in his stomach;
it is the venom of cobras within him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 - His back is made of[fn] rows of shields,
shut up closely as with a seal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,
and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you,
that the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They hatch adders’ eggs;
they weave the spider’s web;
he who eats their eggs dies,
and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3 - “Prepare buckler and shield,
and advance for battle!
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