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Lexicon :: Strong's H6848 - ṣep̄aʿ

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צֶפַע
Transliteration
ṣep̄aʿ
Pronunciation
tseh'-fah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to extrude
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1954a,1954b

Strong’s Definitions

צֶפַע tsephaʻ, tseh'-fah; from an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing):—adder, cockatrice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6848 in the following manner: cockatrice (4x), adder (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6848 in the following manner: cockatrice (4x), adder (1x).

  1. poisonous serpent

    1. a viper snake or adder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֶפַע tsephaʻ, tseh'-fah; from an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing):—adder, cockatrice.
STRONGS H6848: Abbreviations
† צֶ֫פַע noun masculine a (poisonous) serpent (from hissing ?); — Isaiah 14:29; usually taken as = following.

† צִפְעוֺנִי noun masculine id.; — absolute צ׳ Isaiah 11:8 (|| פָּ֑תֶן), בֵּיצֵי צ׳ Isaiah 59:5; כְּצִפְעֹנִי Proverbs 23:32 (simile; || נָתָשׁ); plural צִפְעֹנִים Jeremiah 8:17 (app. נְחָשִׁים); identification dubious; TristrNHB 275 ('possibly') daboia xanthina, a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs FurrerBi HWB 2, 1423; Furrer proposes ailurophis vivex.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Proverbs

23:32

Isaiah

11:8; 14:29; 59:5

Jeremiah

8:17

H6848

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6848 matches the Hebrew צֶפַע (ṣep̄aʿ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - At the last H319 it bites H5391 like a serpent H5175
And stings H6567 like a viper. H6848

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - The nursing H3243 child will play H8173 by the hole H2352 of the cobra, H6620
And the weaned H1580 child will put H1911 his hand H3027 on the viper’s H6848 den. H3975

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - “Do not rejoice, H8055 O Philistia, H6429 all H3605 of you,
Because H3588 the rod H7626 that struck H5221 you is broken; H7665
For from the serpent’s H5175 root H8328 a viper H6848 will come H3318 out,
And its fruit H6529 will be a flying H5774 serpent. H8314

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They hatch H1234 adders’ H6848 eggs H1000 and weave H707 the spider’s H5908 web; H6980
He who eats H398 of their eggs H1000 dies, H4191
And from that which is crushed H2115 a snake H660 breaks H1234 forth. H1234

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - “For behold, H2009 I am sending H7971 serpents H5175 against you,
Adders, H6848 for which H834 there H369 is no H369 charm, H3908
And they will bite H5391 you,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068
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