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Asp in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Adder in Smiths Bible Dictionary

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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Asp in Wikipedia

Asp. - This word, which occurs eleven times in D.V., stands for four Hebrew names: (1) Péthén [Deut., xxxii, 33; Job, xx, 14, 16; Psalms., lvii (Hebr., lviii), 5; Isaiah, xi, 8]. From several allusions both to its deadly venom (Deuteronomy 32:33), and to its use by serpent-charmers [Ps., lvii (Hebr., lviii), 5, 6], it appears that the cobra (naja ...

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Asp in Wikipedia

Asp. - This word, which occurs eleven times in D.V., stands for four Hebrew names: (1) Péthén [Deut., xxxii, 33; Job, xx, 14, 16; Psalms., lvii (Hebr., lviii), 5; Isaiah, xi, 8]. From several allusions both to its deadly venom (Deuteronomy 32:33), and to its use by serpent-charmers [Ps., lvii (Hebr., lviii), 5, 6], it appears that the cobra (naja ...

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Adder in Wikipedia

A poisonous snake of the genus Vipera. The word, unused in the D.V., stands in the A.V. for four different Hebrew names of serpents....

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