{"query": "Easton: Serpent", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_361dc3c83c89", "title": "Easton: Serpent", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. nahash; Gr. ophis), frequently noticed in Scripture. More than forty species are found in Syria and Arabia. The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob’s blessing on Dan (Gen. "}, {"id": "card_n_a59bf4d41fad", "title": "Easton: Serpent, Fiery", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(LXX. “deadly,” Vulg. “burning”), Num. 21:6, probably the naja haje of Egypt; some swift-springing, deadly snake (Isa. 14:29). After setting out from their encampment at Ezion-gaber, the Israelites en"}, {"id": "card_n_747cdcdb1e9f", "title": "Easton: Basilisk", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(in R.V., Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17), the “king serpent,” as the name imports; a fabulous serpent said to be three spans long, with a spot on its head like a crown. Probably the yellow snake i"}, {"id": "card_n_9501c058ead6", "title": "Easton: Nehushtan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of copper; a brazen thing a name of contempt given to the serpent Moses had made in the wilderness (Num. 21:8), and which Hezekiah destroyed because the children of Israel began to regard it as an ido"}, {"id": "card_n_a0869faf2a81", "title": "Easton: Cockatrice", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The mediaeval name (a corruption of “crocodile”) of a fabulous serpent supposed to be produced from a cock’s egg. It is generally supposed to denote the cerastes, or “horned viper,” a very poisonous s"}, {"id": "card_n_954ec11a74e6", "title": "Easton: Adder", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, “asp”) is the rendering of, (1.) Akshub (“coiling” or “lying in wait”), properly an asp or viper, found only in this passage. (2.) Pethen (“twisting”), a viper or venomous serpe"}, {"id": "card_n_d9f557168b6f", "title": "Easton: Leviathan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning “twisted,” “coiled.” In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg. of Authorized Version, it denotes the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an "}, {"id": "card_n_78ef34b2e7cf", "title": "Easton: Whale", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but R.V., “sea-monster”). It is rendered by “dragons” in Deut. 32:33; Ps. 91:13; Jer. 51:34; Ps. 74:13 (marg., “whales;” and marg"}, {"id": "card_c_92db2ae4056e", "title": "Easton: Serpent, Fiery cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 18:4 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_2a43063a4161", "title": "Easton: Serpent cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 10:19 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_a56b0ca3e585", "title": "Easton: Serpent cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 8:44 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_fec13c01e652", "title": "Easton: Serpent cites James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites James 3:7 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_3d66e3a7ddae", "title": "Easton: Serpent, Fiery cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 3:14 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_b617287eeb23", "title": "Easton: Serpent references Dan", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Dan (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_49ff1ab364b5", "title": "Easton: Serpent, Fiery references Edom", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Edom (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_f41989efe55e", "title": "Easton: Serpent, Fiery references Egypt", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Egypt (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_13ba546e66e5", "title": "Easton: Serpent, Fiery references Hezekiah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Hezekiah (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_19a082b7ff79", "title": "Easton: Dragon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins (Job 30:29; Ps. 44:19; Isa. 13:22; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 10:22; Micah 1:8; Mal. 1:3); probably, as tr"}, {"id": "card_n_2ba35e0b0103", "title": "Easton: Zoheleth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for water (1 Kings 1:5-9). Here Adonijah (q.v.)"}, {"id": "card_n_bdb7ee78ca02", "title": "Easton: Michael", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9) about the body of Moses. He is a"}]}