Serpents in the Bible his heel" (KJV). Following the imagery of chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation, Bernard of Clairvaux had called Mary the "conqueror of dragons", and she was long to be shown crushing a snake underfoot, also a reference to her title as the "New Eve". Serpents in the Bible Serpents ( "nāḥāš") are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in religious and cultural life of ancient Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamia and Greece. The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as
Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament ("they shall call his name Emmanuel") provides the name Emmanuel (meaning "God is with us"). Emmanuel, which is taken from , does not appear elsewhere in the New Testament. The name "Emmanuel" (also "Immanuel" or "Imanu'el") of the Hebrew "עִמָּנוּאֵל" "God [is] with us" consists of two Hebrew words: אֵל (’El, meaning 'God') and עִמָּנוּ (ʻImmānū, meaning 'with us'); Standard Hebrew "ʻImmanuʼel", Tiberian Hebrew "ʻImmānûʼēl". It is a theophoric name used in the Bible in and . Some interpreters see providing a key to an "Emmanuel Christology" in the New Testament, with Matthew showing an interest in identifying Jesus as