Cockatrice

(A fabulous serpent)

Figurative

• Isaiah 11:8

  And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

• Isaiah 14:29

  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 59:5

  They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

• Jeremiah 8:17

  For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.