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Horned viper

שְׁפִיפֹןStrong’s H8207

shephiphon (she-phi-phon)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shephiphon is the Hebrew word usually translated “viper”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.”
Genesis 49:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. Horned snake
  2. (CLBL) a serpent, perhaps an adder or horned snake
How it's translated
  • a viper 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    שְׁפִיפֹן shephiphon · horned viper

    1) horned snake 2) (CLBL) a serpent, perhaps an adder or horned snake

    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.]

    1. 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
    2. 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.