Bible Dictionaries
Basilisk

Basilisk occurs in the D.V. as an equivalent for several Hebrew names of snakes:

1. Péthén - Strongs: H6620 (Ps. 91:13), the cobra; had the Latin and English translators been more consistent they would have rendered this Hebrew word here, as in the other places, by Asp;
2. Céphá' and Cíphe 'ônî - Strongs: H6848 (Prov. 23:32; Is. 11:8; 14:29; Jer. 8:17;
3. 'éphe'éh - Strongs: H660 (Isaiah 59:5), a kind of viper impossible to determine, or perhaps the echis arenicola;
4. flying sãrãph - Strongs: H8314 (Isaiah 14:29; 30:6), a winged serpent (?), possibly also a reptile like the draco fimbriatus, which, having long ribs covered with a fringe-like skin, is able to glide through the air for short distances.

Verses:

• Numbers 21:6
• Numbers 21:8
• Deuteronomy 8:15
• Psalms 91:13
• Proverbs 23:32
• Isaiah 11:8
• Isaiah 14:29
• Isaiah 30:6
• Isaiah 59:5
• Jeremiah 8:17