Snake
ἔχιδναStrong’s G2191echidna
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Echidna is the Greek word usually translated “vipers” and “viper”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”
Meaning
Usually translated “vipers” and “viper”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of vipers 4
- a viper 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
- Luke 3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Acts 28:3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Greek dictionary
ἔχιδνα echidna · snake
ἔχιδνα, -ης, ἡ [in OT (Aq.), Isa.59:5 * ;] a viper: Act.28:3; metaphorically, γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, Mat.3:7 12:34 23:33, Luk.3:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “snake” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SNAKE, noun
A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper, says Johnson. But in America, the common and general name of serpents, and so the word is used by the poets.
All definitions and other forms of “snake”
SNAKE, verb transitive
In seamen's language, to wind a small rope round a large one spirally, the small ropes lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one. This is called also worming.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.