Words the Bible translates as snake
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- 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
- echidnaἔχιδναviper: a small, live-bearing, deadly-venomous snake, used both for the creature itself and as an insult for venomous, malignant people
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