- Original: צפעני צפע - Transliteration: Tsepha` - Phonetic: tseh'-fah or tsiph`oniy tsif-o-nee' - Definition: 1. poisonous serpent a. a viper snake or adder - Origin: from an unused root meaning to extrude - TWOT entry: 1954a,1954b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue that is hissing): - adder cockatrice. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • adder, 1 Proverbs 23:32 • cockatrice, 3 Isaiah 11:8; Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 59:5 • cockatrices, 1 Jeremiah 8:17