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G785 — ἀσπίς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
aspis (as-pece') n.
1. a buckler (or round shield)
2. used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp"
[of uncertain derivation]
KJV: asp
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
asp
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσπίς, ἀσπίδος, ἡ, an asp, a small and most venomous serpent, the bite of which is fatal unless the part bitten be immediately cut away: Rom 3:13. (Deu 32:33; Isa 30:6 (etc. Herodotus, Aristotle, others.) Aelian nat. an. 2, 24; 6, 38; Plutarch, mor., p. 380 f. i. e. de Isid. et Osir. § 74; Oppian. cyn. 3, 433.) (Cf. BB. DD. under the word ; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 270ff.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀσπίς (asp)
Romans 3:13
- KJV: Their throat an open sepulchre with their tongues they have used deceit the poison of asps under their lips
- GK: τάφος ανεωγμένος ο λάρυγξ αυτών ταις γλώσσαις αυτών εδολιούσαν ιός ασπίδων υπό τα χείλη αυτών