Epheh אֶפְעֶה
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| אֶפְעֶה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | epheh |
| Strong's number | H660 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | viper |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Epheh (Hebrew אֶפְעֶה, Strong's H660) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “viper”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
a viper, snake
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | viper (2), viper's (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | viper (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Epheh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 30:6The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper 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.This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- 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.They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).