Lexicon tsepha': adder Original Word: צֶ֫פַע;Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: tsepha' Phonetic Spelling: (tseh'-fah; or tsiph Short Definition: adder
Brown-Driver-Briggs צִפְעוֺנִי noun masculine id.; — absolute ׳צ Isaiah 11:8 ("" מָּ֑תֶן), ׳בֵּיצֵי צ Isaiah 59:5; כְּצִפְעֹנִי Proverbs 23:32 (simile; "" נָתָשׁ); plural צִפְעֹנִים Jeremiah 8:17 (app. נְחָשִׁים); identification dubious; Tristr NHB 275 ('possibly') daboia xanthina, a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs Furrer Bi HWB 2, 1423; Furrer proposes ailurophis vivex. II. צפע (√ of following; compare Arabic  cacavit,  , Ethiopic  excrement.).
Strong's adder, cockatrice From an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. Hissing) -- adder, cockatrice. |
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