Serpent's
זֹחֶ֫לֶתStrong’s H2120zochelet (zo-che-let)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Zochelet is the Hebrew word usually translated “zoheleth”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:”
Meaning
- Zoheleth = "serpent"
How it's translated
- zoheleth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
זֹחֶ֫לֶת zochelet · Serpent's
Zoheleth = "serpent" a boundary stone near Jerusalem where Adonijah slew sheep and oxen Another name of en ro.gel (עֵין רֹגֵל "En-rogel" H5883)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “serpent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SER'PENT, noun
[Latin serpens, creeping; serpo, to creep.]
- An animal of the order of Serpentes, [creepers, crawlers, ] Of the class of Amphibia.
- In astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, containing, according to the British catalogue, sixty-four stars.
- An instrument of music, serving as a base to the cornet or small shawm, to sustain a chorus of singers in a large edifice.
- Figuratively, a subtil or malicious person.
All definitions
- In mythology, a symbol of the sun.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.