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Smith's Bible Dictionary
•Tsepha, or Tsiphoni, occurs five times in the Hebrew Bible. In (Proverbs 23:32) it is it is translated
adder, and in (Isaiah 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jeremiah 8:17) it is rendered cockatrice . From Jeremiah
we learn that it was of a hostile nature, and from the parallelism of (Isaiah 11:8) it appears that
the Tsiphoni was considered even more dreadful than the Pethen .
•Shephipon occurs only in (Genesis 49:17) where it is used to characterize the tribe of Dan. The
habit of lurking int he sand and biting at the horse’s heels here alluded to suits the character of a
well-known species of venomous snake, and helps to identify it with the celebrated horned viper,
the asp of Cleopatra (Cerastes), which is found abundantly in the dry sandy deserts of Egypt, Syria
and Arabia. The cerastes is extremely venomous. Bruce compelled a specimen to scratch eighteen
pigeons upon the thigh as quickly as possible, and they all died in nearly the same interval of time.
Addi
(ornament). (Luke 3:28) Son of Cosam, and father of Melchi in our Lord’s genealogy; the third
above Salathiel.
Addon
(lord). [Addan]
Ader
(flock), a Benjamites, son of Beriah, chief of the inhabitants of Aijalon. (1 Chronicles 8:15)
The name is more correctly Eder.
Adida
a fortified town near Jerusalem, probably the Hadid of (Ezra 2:33) and referred to in 1Ma 12:38
Adiel
(ornament of God).
•A prince of the tribe of Simeon, descended from the prosperous family of Shimei. (1 Chronicles
4:36) He took part in the murderous raid made by his tribe upon the peaceable Hamite shepherds
of the valley of Gedor in the reign of Hezekiah. (B.C. about 711.)
•A priest, ancestor of Maasiai. (1 Chronicles 9:12)
•Ancestor of Azmaveth, David’s treasurer. (1 Chronicles 27:25) (B.C. 1050.)
Adin
(dainty, delicate), ancestor of a family who returned form Babylon with Zerubbabel, to the
number of 454, (Ezra 2:15) or 655 according to the parallel list in (Nehemiah 7:20) (B.C. 536.)
They joined with Nehemiah in a covenant to separate themselves from the heathen. (Nehemiah
10:16) (B.C. 410.)
Adina
(slender), one of David’s captains beyond the Jordan, and a chief of the Reubenites. (1 Chronicles
11:42)
Adino, Or Adino, The Eznite
(2 Samuel 23:8) See Jashobeam.
Adithaim
(double ornament), a town belonging to Judah, lying in the low country, and named, between
Sharaim and hag-Gederah, in (Joshua 15:36) only.
Adlai Or Adlai
(justice of Jehovah), Ancestor of Shaphat, the overseer of David’s herds that fed in the broad
valleys. (1 Chronicles 27:29) (B.C. before 1050.)
Admah
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