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Cockatrice

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Cockatrice. Isaiah 11:8; Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 59:5, A. V. The R. V. reads in all cases "basilisk" or "adder," margin. The word, in the Scriptures, evidently denotes a very venomous reptile. The original signifies a creature that "hisses," doubtless some species of serpent. Tristram proposes the great yellow viper, the largest of Its kind found in Palestine, and one of the most dangerous.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Cockatrice'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​c/cockatrice.html. 1893.
 
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