אֶפְעֶה
eph.eh
“viper”
Definition
an asp or other venomous serpent
from H659 (אֵפַע) (in the sense of hissing);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אֶפְעֶה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
This 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 donkeysand their treasures on the humps of camels,to a people of no profit to them.
They hatch the eggs of vipersand weave a spider’s web.Whoever eats their eggs will die;crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
He will suck the poison of cobras;the fangs of a viper will kill him.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.