(bringing forth its young alive). The Hebrew word implies a hissing and venomous serpent, as the common European viper or adder, the horned vipers of the cerastes genus, and the Indian vipers (Job 20:16; Isa. 30:6; Acts 28:1-6). A symbol of deceit and destruction (Matt. 3:7; 12:34; 23:33; Luke 3:7).