Asp or Adder
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that
biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward....
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Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and
the dragon shalt thou trample under feet....
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Five times in the Old Testament KJV, and thrice in margin for
"cockatrice" (Isaiah 11:8; Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 59:5 ). Four
Hebrew terms stand for it. (1) Akshub, (2) Pethen, (3)
Tziphoni, and (4) Shephiphon.
(1) Akshub, ("one that lies in ambush"), swells its
skin, and rears its head back for a strike. Psalm 140:3 quoted
in Romans 3:13, "the...
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(pethen (Dt 32:33; Job 20:14,16; Isa 11:8); aspis (Rom 3:13));
Any poisonous snake, or even poisonous snakes in general,
would satisfy the context in all the passages cited. Pethen is
also translated ADDER (which see) in Ps 58:4; 91:13. Most
authors have supposed the Egyptian cobra (Naia haje, L.) to be
the snake meant, but while this is widel...
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ad'-er (`akhshubh (Ps 140:3); pethen (Ps 58:4); tsiph`oni
(Prov 23:32); shephiphon (Gen 49:17); tsepha` (King James
Version margin; Isa 14:29)): This word is used for several
Hebrew originals. In each case a poisonous serpent is clearly
indicated by the context. It is impossible to tell in any case
just what species is meant, but it must be re...
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-A venomous serpent
De 32:33; Job 20:14,16; Isa 11:8; Ro 3:13
-Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked
Ps 140:3; Ro 3:13
-Injurious effects of wine
De 32:33; Pr 23:32
-Deprived of venom, illustrates conversion
Isa 11:8,9...
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-A venomous serpent
Ge 49:17; Ps 91:13; 58:4; 140:3; Pr 23:32...
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(Heb. pethen), translated (adder in) Ps 58:4; 91:13 Probably
the Egyptian cobra, a small and very poisonous serpent, a
dweller in the holes of walls, Isa 11:8 and a snake upon which
the serpent-charmers practiced their art....
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This word is used for any poisonous snake, and is applied in
this general sense by the translators of the Authorized
Version. The word adder occurs five times in the text of the
Authorized Version (see below), and three times int he
margin as synonymous with cockatrice, viz., Isa 11:8; 14:29;
59:5 It represents four Hebrew words:
1. Acshub is...
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(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 th...
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