Genesis 49:17
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.
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Adder
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Proverbs 23:32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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פֶּתֶן
pethen · peh'-then
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
an asp (from its contortions)
Strong's KJV usage: adder.
Strong's first: Psalms 58:4Strong's last: Psalms 91:13
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tsephaʻ · tseh'-fah
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
Strong's KJV usage: adder, cockatrice.
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Strong's first: Proverbs 23:32Strong's last: Proverbs 23:32
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shᵉphîyphôn · shef-ee-fone'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a kind of serpent (as snapping), probably the cerastes or horned adder
Strong's KJV usage: adder.
Strong's first: Genesis 49:17Strong's last: Genesis 49:17
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H8207
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.
H6620
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
H6620
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
H6848
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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adder
AD'DER, noun [Latin natrix, a serpent.]
A venomous serpent or viper, of several species.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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