Words the Bible translates as serpent
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- drakōnδράκωνthe great supernatural serpent of Revelation, named outright as Satan
- ophisὄφιςa snake: the crawling reptile, and by extension a stock image of danger, cunning, and evil
- naḥashנָחָשׁserpent: a snake, the limbless reptile, used both for the literal creature and as a vivid image of danger, cunning, and cosmic evil
- tanninתַּנִּיןa great serpent or dragon: a large, frightening snakelike creature, most often the sea-monster God masters, but also a venomous land serpent.
- saraphשָׂרָףa venomous, burning serpent: a snake whose bite is remembered for a burning pain, and in Isaiah's poetry pictured as winged
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- one of the six-winged, burning beings that Isaiah saw standing above God's throne, crying out his holiness
- tsiphoniצִפְעוֹנִיserpentnot studied yet
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