H6848 · צֶפַע
tsephaʻ · tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee' · adder, snake
H6848 (tsephaʻ, pronounced tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee') is the Hebrew word צֶפַע in Strong’s dictionary: a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing). It appears 5 times in 5 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- צֶפַע (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- tsephaʻ
- Pronunciation
- tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee'
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to extrude;
- Definition
- a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
- Rendered in the KJV
- adder, cockatrice.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
5 occurrences in 5 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “a viper” ×1
- “among you, vipers” ×1
- “like a viper” ×1
- “of vipers” ×1
- “the viper’s” ×1
By book
Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 3 · Jeremiah 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6848.