פֶּתֶןpethen
an asp (from its contortions)
Pronunciation: peh'-then · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6620
Meanings
a venomous serpent, perhaps cobra (Psalms 68:5; Ecclesiastes 39:30; Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 20:16; Job 20:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
- Job 20:14 But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour, a poisonous venom in their stomach.
- Job 20:16 They will suck the poison of cobras. The viper will kill them.
- Psalms 58:4 They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen,
- Psalms 91:13 You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
- Isaiah 11:8 The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).