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Cockatrice

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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An old English word of obscure origin, used by our translators to designate the Hebrew Tzepha, or Tsiphoni, a serpent of a highly venomous character, Isaiah 14:29 59:5 Jeremiah 8:17 . See SERPENT.

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Cockatrice'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​c/cockatrice.html. 1859.
 
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