King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6848
Transliteration: tsepha'
Phonetic Spelling: (tseh'-fah; or tsiphPart of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a serpent
Meaning: a serpent
Word Summary
tsepha': a serpent
Original Word: צֶפַעTransliteration: tsepha'
Phonetic Spelling: (tseh'-fah; or tsiph
Short Definition: a serpent
Meaning: a serpent
Strong's Concordance
adder, cockatrice From an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. Hissing) -- adder, cockatrice.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6848. tsepha
' צִפְעוֺנִי noun masculine id.; — absolute ׳צ Isaiah 11:8 ("" מָּ֑תֶן), צ ׳בֵּיצֵי 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.
II. צפע (√ of following; compare Arabic cacavit, , Ethiopic excrement.).