Word Study · Strong's H660 · Hebrew
אֶפְעֶה
epheh
ef-eh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼephʻeh
“an asp or other venomous serpent”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an asp or other venomous serpent
Rendered in the KJV as
viper.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- אֶפְעֶֽה׃2
- אֶפְעֶה֙1
How it is rendered · 3
- a snake1
- a viper1
- viper1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine singular3
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- HNcmsa · 3
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Where this word lives
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Job1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 30:6אֶפְעֶה֙ʾefehnoun · masculine singularThis is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.here: viper
- Isaiah 59:5אֶפְעֶֽה׃ʾefehnoun · 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 snake