Tsiphoni צִפְעוֹנִי
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| צִפְעוֹנִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsiphoni |
| Strong's number | H6848 (H6848B, H6848A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | serpent |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Tsiphoni (Hebrew צִפְעוֹנִי, Strong's H6848) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “serpent”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H6848B: serpent
H6848A: serpent
1) poisonous serpent
1a) a viper snake or adder
1a) a viper snake or adder
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | cockatrice (3), adder (1), cockatrices (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | vipers (2), like a viper (1), viper's (1), viper (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsiphoni, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Proverbs
- Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Isaiah
- 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.The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- Isaiah 14:29Rejoice 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.Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- 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.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
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).