Serpents (Hebrew: נָחָשׁ, romanized: nāḥāš) are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important...

dragon and world serpent narratives, such as Indra slaying Vrtra or Thor slaying Jörmungandr. Leviathan also figures in the Hebrew Bible as a metaphor for...

monstrous ocean creature Serpent symbolism, the snake in religious rites and mythological contexts Serpents in the Bible, notably one in the Old Testament Garden...

the plague of the fiery serpents a punishment for sins of the evil tongue (Numbers 21:5). God said: "Let the serpent who was the first to offend by 'evil...

profit." References to "fiery serpents" lacking a mention of flight can be found in several places in the Hebrew Bible. Deuteronomy 8:15 "Who led thee...

In Hebrew, the word saraph means "burning", and is used seven times throughout the text of the Hebrew Bible as a noun, usually to denote "serpent",...

deputy, the initiation of a new cycle of sentient life on earth, or both. Similar to the account in the Bible, according to the Quran, Adam is placed in a Garden...

The word nahash means "serpent" in Hebrew. Nahash may refer to Serpents in the Bible Nahash of Ammon, a king mentioned in the first Book of Samuel. Another...

Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ('In the beginning')...

Seth, in the Abrahamic religions, was the third son of Adam and Eve. According to the Hebrew Bible, he had two brothers: Cain and Abel. According to Genesis...

in the Bible include references to both the tree and its fruit in the Tanakh and the New Testament, which are sometimes symbolic. The fig tree is the...

Islam. In the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, chapters one through five, there are two creation narratives with two distinct perspectives. In the first...

by Franco Nero in the film The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966). Paul Rudd played the role of Abel in the 2009 film Year One. In the SCP series, an anomaly...

eat from "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". God forms a woman, Eve, after this command is given. In Genesis 3, a serpent persuades Eve to eat...

and the Devil: A New Beginning. Hebrew Bible Monographs (65). Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 978-1909697522. Day, John (2021). "The Serpent in the Garden...

forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives...

قابيل) and Hābīl (هابيل), respectively. The events of the story in the Qur'an are virtually the same as the Hebrew Bible narrative. Both brothers were asked...

more apt, given the lack of any more specific evidence. Bible errata Demons in Christianity Lilith in popular culture Serpents in the Bible Childs, Brevard...

as serpentine, possibly with a double tail. The tanninim (תַּנִּינִים) also appear in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Psalms...

and sister of Cain and the daughter of Adam and Eve. Incest in the Bible List of names for the biblical nameless Brewer, E. Cobham. "Brewer's dictionary...

Grapefruit, originally named the "forbidden fruit" of Barbados. Medieval popular Bible Ningishzida Pomme d'Adammo Serpent seed Genesis 2:16–17 Genesis...

Eve" in The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. The books mentioned below were added by Malan to his English translation; the Ethiopic...

Abel, and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first couple within the Bible. He was a farmer who gave an offering of his crops to God. However, God...

(1992). "The Image of God, the Wisdom of Serpents, and the Knowledge of Good and Evil". In Paul Morris, Deborah Sawyer (ed.). A Walk in the Garden: Biblical...

animals are mentioned in the Bible, ordered alphabetically in this article by English vernacular name. Animals mentioned in the Old Testament will be...

stated in the Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (1999). According to a new source[which?] from late antiquity, Lilith appears in a Mandaean...

were found naked in the garden after eating the forbidden fruit. The material of coats is not clear; instead, it is dubious. The Bible translates "coats"...

Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicine Serpents in the Bible Serpent (symbolism) Snakes in Chinese mythology Tefnut - an ancient Egyptian deity...

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly, written by band member Doug Ingle and released on their...

Religion portal Archdemon Belial Devil Satan Shedim Serpents in the Bible Sin Citations "Asmodeus" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia...