Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6848
צֶפַע
tsephatseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee'
serpent; serpent
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsephaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6848is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6848
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
The King James renders it: adder, cockatrice.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tsepha is rendered "serpent; serpent". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "serpent".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Proverbs 23:32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23:32וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: serpent, and serpent.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| serpentStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereProverbs 23:32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. |
| serpentStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a viper3
- and like a viper1
- vipers1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י1
- צֶ֔פַע1
- צִפְעוֹנִ֔י1
- צִפְעוֹנִי֙1
- צִפְעֹנִ֔ים1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
Proverbs
one use
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
- וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥יukhetzifoniconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and like a viper
Isaiah
three uses
The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- צִפְעוֹנִ֔יtzifoninoun · masculine singulartagged: a viper
Do 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.
- צֶ֔פַעtzefa'noun · masculine singulartagged: a viper
They 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.
- צִפְעוֹנִי֙tzifoninoun · masculine singulartagged: a viper
Jeremiah
one use
“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
- צִפְעֹנִ֔יםtzifonimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: vipers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.