Exodus 7:12
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
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Serpents
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Revelation 9:19
For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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ὄφις
óphis · of'-is
6 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
Strong's KJV usage: :--serpent.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 10:16Strong's last: Revelation 9:19
Open full G3789 profile →נָחָשׁ
nâchâsh · naw-khawsh'
4 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
a snake (from its hiss)
Strong's KJV usage: serpent.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 21:6Strong's last: Jeremiah 8:17
Open full H5175 profile →ἑρπετόν
herpetón · her-pet-on'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare H7431)) a small animal
Strong's KJV usage: :--creeping thing, serpent.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 3:7Strong's last: James 3:7
Open full G2062 profile →זָחַל
zâchal · zaw-khal'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to crawl; by implication, to fear
Strong's KJV usage: be afraid, serpent, worm.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:24Strong's last: Deuteronomy 32:24
Open full H2119 profile →תַּנִּין
tannîyn · tan-neen'
1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
Strong's KJV usage: dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 7:12Strong's last: Exodus 7:12
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H5175
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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serpent
SER'PENT, noun [Latin serpens, creeping; serpo, to creep.]
1. An animal of the order of Serpentes, [creepers, crawlers, ] Of the class of Amphibia. Serpents are amphibious animals, breathing through the mouth bymeans of lungs only; having tapering bodies, without a distinct neck; the jaws not articulated, but dilatable, and withour feet, fins or ears. Serpents move along the earth by a winding motion, and with the head elevated. Some species of them are viviparous, or rather ovi-viviparous; others are oviparous; and several species are venomous.
2. In astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, containing, according to the British catalogue, sixty-four stars.
3. An instrument of music, serving as a base to the cornet or small shawm, to sustain a chorus of singers in a large edifice. It is so called for its folds or wreaths.
4. Figuratively, a subtil or malicious person.
5. In mythology, a symbol of the sun.
Serpent stones or snake stones, are fossil shells of different sizes, found in strata of stones and clays.
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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