naw-khawsh'
from 5172; a snake (from its hiss):--serpent.
see Hebrew for [05172]
Now the serpent [05175] was [01961] more subtil [06175] than any beast [02416] of the field [07704] which the Lord [03068] God [0430] had made [06213]. And he said [0559] unto the woman [0802], Yea [0637], hath God [0430] said [0559], Ye shall not eat [0398] of every tree [06086] of the garden [01588]?Yea…: Heb. Yea, because, etc.
And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto the serpent [05175], We may eat [0398] of the fruit [06529] of the trees [06086] of the garden [01588]:
And the serpent [05175] said [0559] unto the woman [0802], Ye shall not surely [04191] die [04191]:
And the Lord [03068] God [0430] said [0559] unto the woman [0802], What is this that thou hast done [06213]? And the woman [0802] said [0559], The serpent [05175] beguiled me [05377], and I did eat [0398].
And the Lord [03068] God [0430] said [0559] unto the serpent [05175], Because thou [0859] hast done [06213] this, thou art cursed [0779] above all cattle [0929], and above every beast [02416] of the field [07704]; upon thy belly [01512] shalt thou go [03212], and dust [06083] shalt thou eat [0398] all the days [03117] of thy life [02416]:
Dan [01835] shall be a serpent [05175] by the way [01870], an adder [08207] in the path [0734], that biteth [05391] the horse [05483] heels [06119], so that his rider [07392] shall fall [05307] backward [0268].an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake