Know the Word.

Hebrew word

tsephaʻ

tseh'-fah or tsiphoniy tsif-o-nee'

צֶפַע

What it means

a viper

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

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to extrude

How the King James translates it

  • cockatrice3
  • cockatrices1

Every place it appears 4

Jeremiah8:17