Tsephaʻ — H6848
H6848 · Hebrew — צפע
Pronunciation: tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee'
Definition
masculine noun
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
- poisonous serpent
- a viper snake or adder
Usually translated as
cockatrice, adder
Origin
from an unused root meaning to extrude
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
Tsephaʻ occurs 5 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1)
- Proverbs 23:32 — At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder (וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י).
- Isaiah 11:8 — And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice (צִפְעוֹנִ֔י)’ den.
- Isaiah 14:29 — Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice (צֶ֔פַע), and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 59:5 — They hatch cockatrice (צִפְעוֹנִי֙)’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
- Jeremiah 8:17 — For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices (צִפְעֹנִ֔ים), among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Strong's Lexicon — T