Topic
Viper
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 20:16Easton · ISBE · Nave A serpent
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
- Isaiah 30:6Easton · ISBE · Nave A serpent
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…
- Isaiah 59:5Easton · ISBE · Nave A serpent
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.
- Matthew 3:7Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 23:33Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
- Acts 28:3Easton · ISBE · Nave Fastens on Paul' s hand
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.
- Matthew 12:34Easton · ISBE
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Luke 3:7ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
In Job 20:16, Isa. 30:6; 59:5, the Heb. word eph’eh is thus rendered. The Hebrew word, however, probably denotes a species of poisonous serpents known by the Arabic name of ‘el ephah. Tristram has identified it with the sand viper, a species of small size common in sandy regions, and frequently found under stones by the shores of the Dead Sea. It is rapid in its movements, and highly poisonous. In the New Testament echidne is used (Matt. 3:7; 12:34; 23:33) for any poisonous snake. The viper mentioned in Acts 28:3 was probably the vipera aspis, or the Mediterranean viper. (See ADDER.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.