פֶּתֶן
peten
serpent
Strong's H6620NounHebrewTWOT 1858a

פֶּתֶן (peten) is a Hebrew noun meaning serpent. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6620).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1858a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1858a)serpent, cobra; asp, contortions; adder
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פֶּ֫תֶן noun, masculine: serpent, cobra

a venomous serpent, perhaps cobra

Strong's H6620 פֶּתֶן: an asp (from its contortions)
KJV:adder.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1858: פתן ptn — Root of: מִפְתָּן threshold; פֶּ֫תֶן serpent, cobra

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 32:33Job 20:14Psalms 91:13

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