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The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Read in context →And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
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ʼephʻeh · ef-eh'
an asp or other venomous serpent
Strong's KJV usage: viper.
Strong's first: Isaiah 30:6Strong's last: Isaiah 59:5
Open full H660 profile →échidna · ekh'-id-nah
an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--viper.
Strong's first: Acts 28:3Strong's last: Acts 28:3
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The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
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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). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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