- עֶכֶס
- עֶכֶסm. (cmp. עכן; b. h. chain, clasp) adder, viper (believed to kill a flying bird by looking at its shadow). Mekh. Bshall., Vayassʿa, s. 1 (expl. אפעה, Is. 30:6); Tanḥ. Bshall. 18; Yalk. Jer. 266.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
