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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 venom of [fn]serpents,

And the [fn]deadly poison of cobras.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - He also had bronze [fn]greaves on his legs and a bronze [fn]javelin 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, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have [fn]reproached.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 -

The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of men of valor, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were learned in the ways of battle, were 44,760, who went out for military duty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And he made 300 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]300 shekels of gold on 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 -

“He rushes [fn]headlong at Him

With [fn]his massive shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 -

Yet his food in his stomach is changed

To the [fn]venom of cobras within him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 -

“Its [fn]strong scales are its pride,

Shut up as with a tight seal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 -

They have all turned aside, altogether they have become [fn]worthless;

There is no one 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 a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 -

You will tread upon the fierce lion and cobra,

The young lion and the [fn]serpent you will trample down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 -

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;

Poison of an asp is under their lips. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 -

And the nursing baby will play by the hole of the cobra,

And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 -

“Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you,

Because the rod that struck you is broken;

For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,

And its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

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The [fn]oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.

Through a land of distress and anguish,

From [fn]where come lioness and lion, viper and flying fiery serpent,

They carry their wealth on the [fn]backs of young donkeys

And their treasures on camels’ humps,

To a people who cannot profit them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 -

They break open vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;

He who eats of their eggs dies,

And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:3 -

“Arrange the shield and large shield,

And draw near for the battle!

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