Strong's Definition
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to extrude;
KJV Usage: adder, cockatrice.
TWOT Reference: 1954a,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צֶ֫פַע (tse.pah) — serpent. 1) poisonous serpent 1a) a viper snake or adder
צִפְעוֹנִי (tsiph.o.ni) — serpent. 1) poisonous serpent 1a) a viper Also means: tse.pah (צֶ֫פַע "serpent" H6848A)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Small Animals
cobra = extremely poisonous snake with the ability to spread the ribs in the neck area so as to form a broad, flat profile; dark brown in color with a yellowish underside (and sometimes yellowish bands); ◄ Desert Cobra (|iWalterinnesia aegyptia|i*) or Egyptian Cobra (|iNaja haje|i*); ► unclean animal; ≈ associated with aggression and lurking danger
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צֶ֫פַע n.m. a (poisonous) serpent (from hissing ?);—Is 14:29; usu. taken as = following [r.dj.ac]. done
צִפְעוֹנִי n.m. id. [r.dj.ab]; a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs base