Lectionary Calendar
Friday, July 11th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Basilisk
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Credit: Philip De Vere
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Comments: The Israelites bitten by fiery serpents (Book of Numbers chapter 21). A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations
Basilisk occurs in the D.V. as an equivalent for several Hebrew names of snakes:
- 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;
- Céphá' and Cíphe 'ônî - Strongs: H6848 (Prov. 23:32; Is. 11:8; 14:29; Jer. 8:17;
- 'éphe'éh - Strongs: H660 (Isaiah 59:5), a kind of viper impossible to determine, or perhaps the echis arenicola;
- 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
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Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/b/basilisk.html. 2024.
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/b/basilisk.html. 2024.
