Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shᵉphîyphôn

shef-ee-fone'

שְׁפִיפֹן

What it means

a kind of serpent, probably the cerastes or horned adder

a kind of serpent (as snapping), probably the cerastes or horned adder

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning the same as shûwph (שׁוּף)

How the King James translates it

  • adder1

Every place it appears 1

Genesis49:17