HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6620
פֶּ֫תֶן
pe.ten — cobra
1) a snake, venomous serpent 1a) perhaps the cobra, adder, or viper
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Adder
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6848
צֶ֫פַע
tse.pah — serpent
1) poisonous serpent 1a) a viper snake or adder
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4846
מְרֹרָה
me.ro.rah — gall
1) bitter thing, gall, poison 1a) gall, gall-bladder (seat of gall) 1b) poison, venom 1c) bitter thing 1d) bitterness
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3883
לוּל
lul — stairs
staircase, winding stair, shaft or enclosed space with steps or ladder
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5551
סֻלָּם
sul.lam — ladder
ladder
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8207
שְׁפִיפֹן
she.phi.phon — horned viper
1) horned snake 2) (CLBL) a serpent, perhaps an adder or horned snake
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21388
διαβάθρα
— ladder
ladder
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8024
κλιμακτήρ
klimaktēr — a step
the round of a ladder , (Euripides) from κλῖμαξ (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8025
κλῖμαξ
klimax — a stairway
1. a ladder or staircase (because of its leaning aslant) , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—; a scaling-ladder , (Thucydides); κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις (Aeschulus Tragicus):—; a ship's ladder , (Euripides) 2. a frame with cross-bars , on which persons to be tortured were tied, (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. in (Sophocles Tragicus), κλίμακες ἀμφίπλεκτοι intertwining ladders , to express the entanglement of the limbs of wrestlers. 4. a climax , i. e. a gradual ascent from weaker expressions to stronger, Lat. gradatio, as Cicero's abiit, evasit, erupit. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8909
προσανάβασις
prosanabasis — an ascent leading to
a going up, ascent , κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις ascent by means of ladders, i. e. scaling ladders, (Aeschulus Tragicus); πρ. (Euripides); τειχέων πρ. a place where they may be approached , (Euripides); δωμάτων πρ. i. e. the steps leading to the house, (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8924
πρόσθεσις
prosthesis — an addition
1. a putting to, application of ladders to a wall, (Thucydides); of the cupping-glass, (Aristotle Philosopher) 2. an adding, addition , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, “asp”) is the rendering of, (1.) Akshub (“coiling” or “lying in wait”), properly an asp or viper, found only in this passage. (2.) Pethen (“twisting”), a viper or venomous serpent identified with the cobra (Naja haje) (Ps. 58:4; 91:13); elsewhere “asp.” (3.) Tziphoni (“hissing”) (Prov. 23:32); elsewhere rendered “cockatrice,” Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17, as it is here in the margin of the Authorized Version. The Revised Version has “basilisk.” This may have been the yellow viper, the Daboia xanthina, the largest and most dangerous of the vipers of Palestine. (4.) Shephiphon (“creeping”), occurring only in Gen. 49:17, the small speckled venomous snake, the “horned snake,” or cerastes. Dan is compared to this serpent, which springs from its hiding-place on the passer-by.
Scripture references
Psalms 140:3Romans 3:13Psalms 58:4Psalms 91:13Proverbs 23:32Isaiah 11:8Isaiah 14:29Isaiah 59:5Jeremiah 8:17Genesis 49:17
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.