Word Forms
These forms come from “serpent” and change to fit the sentence.
- serpentbase form
- serpentedpast and past participle
- serpentingpresent participle
- serpentsplural, third-person singular present
serpent
WEB 36 appearances
KJV 51 appearances
A serpent is a snake. In the Bible, it is a creature that crawls on the ground.
Biblical Usage
The Bible uses this word for real snakes and for metal snakes made by people. It also shows a serpent tricking Eve in the Garden of Eden. Later books show that this tricky serpent represents the devil.
WEB Representative Scriptures
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”Genesis 3:1 (WEB)
Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.Numbers 21:9 (WEB)
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.Revelation 12:9 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:Genesis 3:2 (KJV)
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;Psalms 58:4 (KJV)
¶ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:John 3:14 (KJV)