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Serpents (Hebrew: נָחָשׁ, romanized: nāḥāš) are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in the religious traditions and cultural life of ancient Greece , Egypt , Mesopotamia , and Canaan . [ 1 ]
Articles relating to the Serpents in the Bible. The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as well as a symbol of fertility, life and healing.
Serpent — A generic term whereby all ophidia are designated; ten names of different species of snakes are given in the Bible. Shrew — So does D.V. translate the Hebr. 'anãqah, which however means rather some kind of lizard , probably the gecko .
Serpents in the Bible (1 C, 7 P) C. Mythological and legendary Chinese snakes (10 P) D. Snake deities (5 C, 5 P) J. ... Pages in category "Legendary serpents"
Serpents in the Bible (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Animals in the Bible" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
"Names for the Nameless", in The Oxford Companion to the Bible, Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, editors. ISBN 0-19-504645-5; Ilan, Tal. “Biblical Women’s Names in the Apocryphal Traditions.” Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 6, no. 11 (1993): 3–67. "The Poem of the Man God", Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl, Maria ...
The Israelites bitten by fiery serpents (Book of Numbers chapter 21).A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations. The fiery flying serpent (Hebrew: שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵף sārāf mə‘ōfēf; Greek: ἔκγονα αὐτῶν ἐξελεύσονται; Latin: Absorbens volucrem) is a creature mentioned in the Book of Isaiah in the Tanakh.
In the biblical Books of Kings (2 Kings 18:4; written c. 550 BC), the Nehushtan (/ n ə ˈ h ʊ ʃ t ə n /; Hebrew: נְחֻשְׁתָּן, romanized: Nəḥuštān [nəħuʃtaːn]) is the bronze image of a serpent on a pole.