צֶפַע
ṣipʿônî
serpent
Strong's H6848NounHebrewTWOT 1954b

צֶפַע (ṣipʿônî) is a Hebrew noun meaning serpent. It appears 5 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6848).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1954b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1954b)viper; thrusting, hissing; adder, cockatrice
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צִפְעוֹנִי noun, masculine: viper

noun, a venomous viper

Strong's H6848 צֶפַע: a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
KJV:adder, cockatrice.

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 1954: צפע ṣpʿ — Root of: צֶ֫פַע serpent, hissing; צִפְעוֹנִי viper

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Proverbs 23:32Isaiah 11:8

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