The word in Scripture

Serpent in the Bible

The word serpent appears 40 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The serpent is the ancient tempter and the emblem of the fall. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What serpent means in the Bible

The serpent is the ancient tempter and the emblem of the fall.

Where the word serpent appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word serpent appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:”Genesis 3:2

“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;”Psalms 58:4

“They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.”Psalms 140:3

“Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.”Isaiah 14:29

“In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”Isaiah 27:1

“Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?”Matthew 7:10

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:”John 3:14

“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,”Revelation 20:2