Asp in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. pethen), Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa. 11:8. It was
probably the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), which was
very
poisonous (Rom. 3:13; Gr. aspis). The Egyptians
worshipped it as
the _uraeus_, and it was found in the desert and in
the fields.
The peace and security of Messiah's reign is
represented by the
figure of a child playing on the hole of the asp. (See
ADDER)
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