H6848 צֶפַע

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 5 KJV occurrences

צֶפַע

tsephaʻ · tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee'

Definition

a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)

KJV Renderings

adder, cockatrice.

Derivation / Etymology

from an unused root meaning to extrude;

KJV Verses (5)

Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Isaiah 11:8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ 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, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isaiah 59:5They 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.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.