פֶּ֫תֶן
pe.ten
“cobra”
Definition
an asp (from its contortions)
from an unused root meaning to twist;
- a snake, venomous serpent 1a) perhaps the cobra, adder, or viper
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
פֶּ֫תֶן appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Their wine is the venom of serpents,the deadly poison of cobras.
The infant will play by the cobra’s den,and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
yet in his stomach his food soursinto the venom of cobras within him.
He will suck the poison of cobras;the fangs of a viper will kill him.
You will tread on the lion and cobra;you will trample the young lion and serpent.
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