פֶּתֶן pethen

Meaning

an asp (from its contortions)

In the King James Version: adder.

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to twist;

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
• Job 20:14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
• Job 20:16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
• Psalms 58:4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
• Psalms 91:13 You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
• Isaiah 11:8 The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.