Lexical Summary echidna: a viper Original Word: ἔχιδναTransliteration: echidna Phonetic Spelling: (ekh'-id-nah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a viper Meaning: a viper Strong's Concordance viper. Of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively) -- viper. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2191: ἔχιδναἔχιδνα, ἐχιδνης, ἡ, a viper: Acts 28:3 (Hesiod, Herodotus, Tragg., Aristophanes, Plato, others); γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν offspring of vipers (anguigenae, Ovid, metam. 3,531), addressed to cunning, malignant, wicked men: Matthew 3:7; Matthew 12:34; Matthew 23:33; Luke 3:7. |