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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Adder
Thompson Chain Reference
• Adders
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Asp, or Adder
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Adder
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Adder
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Adder
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Adder
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Adder
King James Dictionary
• Adder
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Adder
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Adder
People's Bible Dictionary
• Adder
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Adder
Wilson's Bible Types
• Adder
Webster Dictionary
• Sea Adder
• Adder's-Tongue
• Adder Fly/
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Adder
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Adder
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Adder
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Adder
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• עַכְשׁובּ
• פֶּתֶן
• צֶפַע , צִפְעֹנִי
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A species of serpent, more commonly called viper. The word adder is used five times in the Bible, as a translation of four different serpents of the venomous sort. In Genesis 49:17 , it seems to mean the cerastes, or horned viper, of the color of sand, and very deadly bite; accustomed to lie hidden in the tracks in the sand, and dart up on the unwary traveller. In Psalm 58:4 91:13 , it is probably the asp. In Psalm 140:3 perhaps the tarantula, or some serpent that strikes backwards. See SERPANT, VIPER.