ʼephʻeh — H660

Definition

masculine noun

an asp or other venomous serpent

1. a viper, snake

Usually translated as

viper

Origin

from H659 (in the sense of hissing)

• Derived from ʼêphaʻ (H659)

Greek equivalents

• aspís (G785)
• basileús (G935)
• entypóō (G1795)
• óphis (G3789)

Occurrences

ʼephʻeh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Isaiah (2)

• Job 20:16 — He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s (אֶפְעֶֽה) tongue shall slay him.
• Isaiah 30:6 — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper (אֶפְעֶה֙) and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
• Isaiah 59:5 — They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper (אֶפְעֶֽה).