1. serpent, snake — A serpent or snake, used both for literal snakes encountered in the natural world and for the archetypal serpent of Genesis 3 and prophetic/wisdom imagery; all 10 clusters represent the same lexical meaning differing only in grammatical inflection (definiteness, number, preposition, conjunction, construct state). 31×
AR["الأَفْعَى","الحَيَّةَ","الحَيَّةُ","الحَيَّةِ","الْحَيَّةَ","الْحَيَّةِ","حَيَّةً","حَيَّةٍ","نَحَشْ","هَ-نَّحَشْ"]·ben["-সাপ","-সাপকে","সাপ","সাপ,","সাপের"]·DE["Schlange","[הנחש]","[נחש]","der-Schlange","die-Schlange","ein-Schlange","ein-Schlange-von","eine-Schlange"]·EN["a-serpent","a-serpent-of","and-He-shall-slay","fleeing","serpent","the-serpent"]·FR["le-serpent","serpent","un-serpent-de"]·heb["ה-נחש","נחש"]·HI["उस-सांप","सर्प","साँप","साँप-का","साँप-की","साँप।","सांप","सांप-की","सांप-ने"]·ID["ular","ular-itu"]·IT["il-serpente","serpente","un-serpente-di"]·jav["ing-ula","lan-nyokot-piyambakipun","saking-gu-wéteng","sawer","ula"]·KO["그-뱀","그-뱀-을","그-뱀-이","그-뽀에게","그를-뽀이","뱀","뱀-을","뱀과","뱀을","뻐","뻐-그","뽀-의","뽀을","뽀의","뽀이다"]·PT["a-serpente","serpente","serpente-de"]·RU["-змей","-змею","змеем","змеи","змей","змею","змея","змея."]·ES["a-la-serpiente","de-serpiente","la-serpiente","serpiente","serpiente-de"]·SW["nyoka","nyoka-wa","wa-nyoka","ya-nyoka"]·TR["-yılan","-yılana","yiilan","yilan","yilanin","yılan","yılana","yılanı","yılanın"]·urd["-سانپ","-سانپ-کو","سانپ","سانپ-سے","سانپ-نے","سانپ-کا","سانپ-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. נָחָשׁ n.m. Gn 3:1 serpent (NH id.; Arabic حَنَشٌ serpent, viper (Lane406 anything hunted) is cp. by LagM i. 230; BN 50, 188 BAES 48, but improb.; Arabic نَحِسَ v. sub [נָחַשׁ] infr.; on formation cf. LagBN 50);—abs. נ׳ Am 5:19 +; cstr. נְחָשׁ Nu 21:9 + 2 times; pl. נְחָשִׁים Nu 21:6 Je 8:17;— 1. serpent: a. as biting, Am 5:19 Ec 10:8, in spite of charm (לַחַשׁ) v 11 [cf. Ecclus 12:13], Je…