Viper
עַכְשׁוּבStrong’s H5919akhshuv (akh-shuv)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Akhshuv is the Hebrew word usually translated “viper”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.”
Meaning
- Asp, viperperhaps spider
How it's translated
- a viper 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
עַכְשׁוּב akhshuv · viper
1) asp, viper 1a) asp, viper 1b) perhaps spider
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “viper” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VI'PER, noun
[Latin vipera.]
- A serpent, a species of coluber, whose bite is remarkably venomous.“A viper came out of the heat, and fastened on his hand” Acts 28:3
- A person or thing mischievous or malignant.
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.