Serpents and Snakes

Serpiente, culebra; la criatura arquetípica del Edén y símbolo de peligro, astucia y juicio divino

Serpiente, culebra — reptil usado tanto en sentido literal como simbólico para representar astucia, maldad y engaño satánico.

Gran serpiente, dragón o monstruo marino; usado tanto para serpientes reales como para criaturas del caos cósmico y seres marinos. Una de las palabras

Cobra o serpiente venenosa (peten); símbolo poético de veneno mortal y peligro letal

Víbora; serpiente venenosa, usada literal y figuradamente como metáfora incisiva de peligro moral.

† II. [שָׂרָף] n.m. Is 6:2 pl. שְׂרָפִים seraphim (prob. akin to i. שׂ׳, as beings orig. mythically conceived with serpents’ bodies (serpent-deities, cf. Is 14:29; 30:6), or (CheComm.) personif. of lightning, cf. arts. Seraphim, StrachanHast. DB. CheEncy. Bib.; Di Marti al. cp. also Egyptian guardian-griffins, called Šerref; v. also כְּרוּב; on Assyrian Šarrapu, epith. of god Nergal, connected by DlWB; with √ שָׂרַף, v. שָׂרָב, ZimKAT.3 415);—in OT. majestic beings with six wings, and human hands and voices, attendant upon י׳ Is 6:2, 6.

ἀσπίς, ίδος, ἡ, shield, εὔκυκλοςRefs 8th c.BC+; opposed to Thracian πέλτη and Persian γέρρον, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀσπίδα ῥῖψαι, ἀποβαλεῖν, Refs 6th c.BC+: to estimate a victory, ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίαςRefs 5th c.BC+ __2 collective, body of men-at-arms, ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 military phrases, ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι τάξασθαι to be drawn up twenty-five deep or in file, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἀσπίδος in single line, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα (opposed to ἐπὶ δόρυ), on the left, towards or to the left, because the shield was on the left arm, Refs 5th c.BC+; but παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα, literally, beside the shield, Refs 8th c.BC+; παρ᾽ ἀ. στῆναι stand in battle, Refs 5th c.BC+; παρ᾽ ἀ. βεβηκέναιRefs; ἀσπίδας συγκλείειν (compare συγκλείω); ἀσπίδα τίθεσθαι serve in the ranks, Refs 5th c.BC+; but θέσθαι τὰς ἀ. pile shields, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπειδὰν ἀ. ψοφῇ when the shields ring, i.e. when two bodies of men meet in a charge, Refs; ἀσπίδα ἀναδέξαι, ἆραι, as a signal, Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 of a round, flat bowl, Refs 4th c.BC+ __5 boss on a door, Refs __II asp, Egyptian cobra, Coluber haié, Refs 5th c.BC+; a play on signff. I and II, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 ornament in this form, Refs

† קִפּוֹז n.f. arrow-snake (Arabic قِفَّازَةٌ, so BoHieroz. Pars post. iii. cap. 11 (citing Avicenna ii. 139, 16, cf. Thes LagBN 89), and most moderns; cf. Dozyii. 383 PS1375 ad fin.; = ἀκοντίας AelianHist. Anim. vi. 18, viii. 13, called ק׳ as leaping from trees on passers-by; but ag. this v. Houghton Acad. Apr. 24, 1886, 292 f. (arrow-snake does not incubate) PostHast.DB iii. 637 who conj. an owl (as AV));—Is 34:15, token of desolation.