צֶפַע
tsephaʻ · tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee'
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to extrude;
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: adder, cockatrice.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › to see and know
To pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צֶפַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- like an adder1 · 20%
- on the cockatrice1 · 20%
- a cockatrice1 · 20%
- cockatrice1 · 20%
- cockatrices1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.