Word Study · Strong's H6848 · Hebrew
צֶפַע
tsepha
tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsephaʻ
“a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
Rendered in the KJV as
adder, cockatrice.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י1
- צֶ֔פַע1
- צִפְעוֹנִ֔י1
- צִפְעוֹנִי֙1
- צִפְעֹנִ֔ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- a viper3
- and like a viper1
- vipers1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 11:8צִפְעוֹנִ֔יtzifoninoun · masculine singularThe infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.here: a viper
- Isaiah 14:29צֶ֔פַעtzefa'noun · masculine singularDo not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.here: a viper
- Isaiah 59:5צִפְעוֹנִי֙tzifoninoun · masculine singularThey hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.here: a viper