# צֶפַע (tsefa)

Israeli respelling: tse-fa. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6848. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)

King James renderings: adder, cockatrice.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsefa-h6848

## Occurrences

- [Proverbs 23:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/32) — At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- [Isaiah 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/8) — And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
- [Isaiah 14:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/29) — Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cocka…
- [Isaiah 59:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/5) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/8/17) — For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.