HebrewH8207Noun (Masculine)

שְׁפִיפֹן

she.phi.phon

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H8207Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a kind of serpent (as snapping), probably the cerastes or horned adder

from an unused root meaning the same as H7779 (שׁוּף);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. horned snake 2) (CLBL) a serpent, perhaps an adder or horned snake

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שְׁפִיפֹן appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
1

Key Passages

Genesis 49:17BSB

He will be a snake by the road,a viper in the paththat bites the horse’s heelsso that its rider tumbles backward.

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