Definition

a snake (from its hiss)

Etymology

from H5172 (נָחַשׁ);

Word family

• נָחַשׁ nâchash

How the KJV renders it

• serpent

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.