Types, Symbols & Patterns / Cockatrice

Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns

Cockatrice

Claim-level biblical evidence review with contextual controls, canonical relationships, and preserved interpretive history.

Ordinary Description, SymbolAnimals

Aliases: Cockatrice (KJV snake/viper term)

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Cockatrice as archaic English viper/serpent rendering

KJV cockatrice represents Hebrew venomous-serpent terminology (tsepha/tsephoni), commonly rendered viper/adder in modern versions.

Context control: Translation history and zoological identification are separate from symbolic claims about Satan.

The English “cockatrice” is an archaic rendering of Hebrew venomous-serpent/viper terminology, not proof of a distinct mythical biblical symbol.

Grade 4: Recurrent canonical motif or strong thematic pattern
Status
Requires Reclassification
Public wording
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Classification
Ordinary Description

Scope: The exact zoological species is debated; the secure point is the venomous-serpent referent. The residual Satan equation is dispositioned by reused claim TSP-CLM-000171.

Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.

Scripture

Evidence sources
  • Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1 (V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED)
  • BibleHub lexical summary — Hebrew tsepha/tsephoni: viper/serpent; KJV adder/cockatrice — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20 (V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED; source link)

Lexical mappings

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Data

Machine-readable JSON for Cockatrice

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