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The Serpent
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- The Serpent, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- The Serpent, a concept traced across the canon.The adversary of Genesis 3, identified by name in Revelation 12: "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan."
Featured studies
4 results- StudyThe SerpentA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyHe (ה): the Hebrew letterThe breath letter: the one added to Abram's name.
- StudyNun (נ): the Hebrew letterThe disputed sign, and the letter with a verse missing.
- StudyEve: The Mother of All LivingThe first woman, the first promise of a seed that would bruise the serpent, and the first funeral, read forward from Genesis 3 rather than backward from the Fall.
Verses
24 results- VerseGenesis 3:2The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
- VerseDeuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
- VerseGenesis 3:4“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
- VerseJob 26:13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
- VerseRevelation 12:15Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
People
1 resultPlaces
107 results- PlaceCapernaumCapernaum is the fishing town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee that Jesus made his base. Matthew ends up calling it his own town.
- PlacePenielThe ford of the Jabbok where Jacob wrestled God 'face to face' (Gen 32:30).
- PlaceGethsemaneThe olive garden across the Kidron at the foot of the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed three times that the cup might pass, was strengthened by an angel, and was betrayed…
- PlaceBeershebaThe well of the oath at the south of the land, where Abraham made his covenant with Abimelech and planted a tamarisk, where Isaac dug again, and where Elijah lay under the…
- PlaceBabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
Manuscripts
34 results- ManuscriptAleppo CodexA 10th-century Hebrew manuscript of the entire Tanakh with full Masoretic apparatus; considered one of the most authoritative witnesses to the Masoretic Text.
- ManuscriptThe Rylands Fragment of John (P52)A scrap of John's Gospel about the size of a credit card, and for most of a century the oldest piece of the New Testament anyone had.
- ManuscriptChester Beatty Papyrus I (P45)The oldest surviving book that holds all four Gospels and Acts together — though only a fifth of it is left.
- ManuscriptChester Beatty Papyrus II (P46)The oldest substantial copy of Paul's letters — and it already treats Hebrews as one of them.
- ManuscriptChester Beatty Papyrus III (P47)The oldest substantial copy of Revelation — ten leaves from the middle of the book.
Events
5 results- EventDavid's Coronation at HebronDavid's anointing as king — first over the tribe of Judah at Hebron (c. 1010 BCE), then over all Israel (c. 1003 BCE).
- EventCrucifixion of ChristThe public execution of Jesus of Nazareth by Roman crucifixion in Jerusalem under Pontius Pilate — the central event of the Christian faith.
- EventBabylonian Exile (586 BCE)The Neo-Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, and the resulting deportation of most of Judah's population — the central trauma of the Hebrew Bible.
- EventExodus from EgyptThe departure of Israel from Egyptian bondage under the leadership of Moses, foundational to Israel's self-understanding in the Hebrew Bible.
- EventGiving of the Law at SinaiThe covenant and law-giving at Mount Sinai following the Exodus; Israel receives the Ten Commandments and the broader Torah.
Words (Strong's)
21 results- WordH8577 תַּנִּין · tannîyn (Hebrew)a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal. The Hebrew word stands 28 times in the original text.
- WordH2119 זָחַל · zâchal (Hebrew)to crawl. The Hebrew word stands 3 times in the original text.
- WordH5175 נָחָשׁ · nâchâsh (Hebrew)a snake (from its hiss). The Hebrew word stands 31 times in the original text.
- WordG3789 ὄφις · óphis (Greek)a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan. The Greek word stands 13 times in the original text.
- WordG2062 ἑρπετόν · herpetón (Greek)a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare )) a small animal. The Greek word stands 4 times in the original text.
Concepts
2 resultsThemes
12 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeWisdomWisdom in Scripture (Hebrew *hokmah*, H2451) is skilled living before God, not accumulated information. Its first appearances are not proverbs but craftsmen: the wise-hearted…
- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
- ThemeSufferingSuffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
Prophecies
236 results- ProphecyTyre Never RebuiltThe ancient site of Tyre would become a fishing spot and never be rebuilt to its former glory.
- ProphecyTyre's Riches Thrown into the SeaTyre's building materials would be thrown into the sea.
- ProphecyBabylon Conquered by MedesThe Medes would be instrumental in Babylon's conquest.
- ProphecyEgypt No Longer Rules NationsEgypt would become a lowly kingdom and never again rule over other nations.
- ProphecyNile Dried Up at MemphisThe Nile channels at Memphis would dry up.
Apologetics
56 results- ApologeticsWalls of Jericho StratigraphyAt Tell es-Sultan the mudbrick city wall collapsed outward into a climbable ramp at the foot of its stone revetment, the city burned under three feet of debris, and the storage…
- ApologeticsThe Dead Sea Scrolls and Textual PreservationEleven caves at Qumran yielded roughly 930 manuscripts between 1947 and 1956, about 230 of them biblical — copies of every book of the Hebrew Bible but Esther, written between…
- ApologeticsThe Ketef Hinnom Silver ScrollsTwo rolled silver amulets from a sealed burial chamber on the shoulder of the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem carry the priestly blessing of Numbers 6 and the divine name YHWH…
- ApologeticsIsrael's Regathering: A Nation Reborn in a DayMultiple Old Testament prophets predicted that Israel would be scattered and then regathered from all nations—a prediction fulfilled uniquely in 1948 when the modern State of…
- ApologeticsApostolic Martyrdom as Evidence of Sincere BeliefClement of Rome, writing from Rome around AD 96 within living memory of the events, records that Peter and Paul "bore testimony" and died there. Sean McDowell's 2015 study…
Voices
479 results- VoiceJohn Calvin# John Calvin (1509–1564) French-born Reformer, theologian, and exegete. Primary systematic-theology voice of the Reformed tradition; his *Institutes of the Christian Religion*…
- VoiceKenneth HaginKenneth Erwin Hagin (August 20, 1917 – September 19, 2003) was an American Pentecostal-Charismatic preacher, healing-revival evangelist, and the recognized "father" of the…
- VoiceRemigius of RheimsRemigius — Rémi in French — was born about 437 in the region of Laon, in northern Gaul, into a Gallo-Roman family of rank. He was made bishop of Rheims at about twenty-two…
- VoicePalladius of GalatiaPalladius was born in Galatia, in central Asia Minor, about 363 or 364. In 386 he went to Egypt to see the monks, and the rest of his life came out of that decision. He spent…
- VoiceEznik of KolbEznik was an Armenian, born around 380, and he belongs to the single most productive generation in the history of his nation's literature. Armenia had adopted Christianity as a…
Apocrypha (study resources)
9 results- Study resource1 Enoch 20:7Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim.
- Study resourceSirach 39:30Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword punishing the wicked to destruction.
- Study resourceSirach 25:15There is no head above the head of a serpent; and there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 16:5For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever:
- Study resourceSirach 21:2Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.
Doorways
Study a word
H8577תַּנִּין tannîyn — a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackalH2119זָחַל zâchal — to crawlH5175נָחָשׁ nâchâsh — a snake (from its hiss)G3789ὄφις óphis — a snake,
figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person,
especially SatanG2062ἑρπετόν herpetón — a reptile, i.e. (by
Hebraism (compare )) a small animalH660אֶפְעֶה ʼephʻeh — an asp or other venomous serpent