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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6848 - צִפְעֹנִי

Transliteration

tsephaʻ

Phonetics

tseh'-fah, tsif-o-nee'

Origin

from an unused root meaning to extrude

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1954a,1954b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

poisonous serpent
1. a viper snake or adder

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 785 ‑ ἀσπίς (as‑pece'); 2289 ‑ θανατόω (than‑at‑o'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

BSB (5)

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

CSB (3)

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

ESV (5)

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

KJV (5)

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

LEB (5)

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

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

WEB (5)

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2684) o p y (תספאה TsPAh) AC: Issue CO: Serpent AB: ?: The tongue of the viper that issues out of its mouth. The issuing or coming out of something. [from: ps]

N^m ) o p y (תספאה TsPAh) - Tsepha: An unknown venomous snake. From its tongue that issues out of the mouth. [df: ynepu] KJV (5): cockatrice - Strongs: H6848 (צִפְעֹנִי)

b^f1 ) e o i p y (תספיאהה TsPYAhH) - Descendents: What comes out of the father. KJV (1): issue - Strongs: H6849 (צְפִיעָה)

d^m) o f p y (תספואה TsPWAh) - Dung: The dung of cattle as a coming out. KJV (2): dung - Strongs: H6832 (צָפִיעַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

צִפְעוֺנִי noun masculine id.; — absolute ׳צ Isaiah 11:8 ("" מָּ֑תֶן), ׳בֵּיצֵי צ Isaiah 59:5; כְּצִפְעֹנִי Proverbs 23:32 (simile; "" נָתָשׁ); plural צִפְעֹנִים Jeremiah 8:17 (app. נְחָשִׁים); identification dubious; Tristr^{NHB 275} ('possibly') daboia xanthina, a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs Furrer^{Bi HWB 2,1423}; Furrer proposes ailurophis vivex.

II. צפע (√ of following; compare Arabic cacavit, , Ethiopic excrement.).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

צִפְעֹנִי (like יִדְעֹנִי) prop. belonging to a viper’s brood; hence a viper itself, Isaiah 11:8, 59:5 Proverbs 23:32. Plur. צִפְעֹנִים Jeremiah 8:17. LXX. (Isaiah 11:8, 14:29 ) ἔκγονα ἀσπίδων. See another etymology under the root צָפַע.-Aqu. βασιλίσκος. Vulg. regulus, whence J. D. Michaëlis understood the horned serpent, or cerastes.

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List of Word Forms

וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י וכצפעני צִפְעֹנִ֔ים צִפְעוֹנִ֔י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ צֶ֔פַע צפע צפעוני צפענים ṣe·p̄a‘ ṣep̄a‘ ṣip̄‘ōnîm ṣip̄‘ōwnî ṣip̄·‘ō·nîm ṣip̄·‘ō·w·nî Tzefa tzifoNi tzifoNim ū·ḵə·ṣip̄·‘ō·nî uchetzifoNi ūḵəṣip̄‘ōnî