נָחָשׁ H5175

Home gloss: serpent
Instead of (KJV / RSV): serpent
Note: The snake, living (Num 21:6) and of bronze (Num 21:9; 2 Kgs 18:4). "Dragon" is kept for תַּנִּין (1:21). The same consonants are the verb נִחֵשׁ "divine" (44:5, 15)
Rulings: 2

Occurrences (5)

3:1 And the serpent was more shrewd than every living thing of the field that Elohim had made; and he said to the woman, "Is it even so, that Elohim said, 'You shall not eat from every tree of the garden'?"
3:2 And the woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the tree of the garden we may eat;
3:4 And the serpent said to the woman, "Not dying shall you die;
3:13 And Elohim said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate."
3:14 And Elohim said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you from all the beast and from every living thing of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.