שְׁפִיפֹן
shefifon · horned viper
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8207 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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shefifon (שְׁפִיפֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “horned viper”.
A kind of viper. It occurs only in Genesis 49:17.
How to say it
she·fi·fon
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A horned snake lying in wait beside the path.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Genesis 49:17
Dan will be a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that its rider falls backward.