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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #660 - אֶפְעֶה

Transliteration

ʼephʻeh

Phonetics

ef-eh'

Origin

from (H659) (in the sense of hissing)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1791b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a viper, snake

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 935 ‑ βασιλεύς (bas‑il‑yooce'); 785 ‑ ἀσπίς (as‑pece'); 3789 ‑ ὄφις (of'‑is); 1795 ‑ ἐντυπόω (en‑too‑po'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

BSB (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

CSB (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

ESV (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

KJV (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

LEB (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

LSB (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

N95 (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

NAS (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Job 1

Isaiah 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1391) g p (פגה PGh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

C) g p a (אפגה APGh) AC: ? CO: Viper AB: ?

N^m ) g p a (אפגה APGh) - Nothing: Through the idea of a hiss. KJV (1): nought - Strongs: H659 (אֶפַע)

N^f1) e g p a (אפגהה APGhH) - Viper: KJV (3): viper - Strongs: H660 (אֶפְעֶה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֶפְעֶה noun [masculine] a kind of viper (Thes 'a flando et sibilando;' compare Arabic

viper, Ethiopic

id.); — ׳א Isaiah 30:6; Isaiah 59:5, ׳לְשׁוֺן א Job 20:16.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶפְעֶה comm. (f. Isaiah 59:5), a viper, a poisonous serpent, Arab. أَفْعًى, from the root פָּעָה, which see. Job 20:16; Isaiah 30:6, 59:5.

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List of Word Forms

אֶפְעֶֽה׃ אֶפְעֶה֙ אפעה אפעה׃ ’ep̄‘eh ’ep̄·‘eh efEh