Serpents in the Bible Eden. Throughout the Hebrew Bible, it is also used in conjunction with "saraph" to describe vicious serpents in the wilderness. The "tannin", a dragon monster, also occurs throughout the Hebrew Bible. In the Book of Exodus, the staffs of Moses and Aaron are turned into serpents, a "nāḥāš" for Moses, a "tannin" for Aaron. In the New Testament, the Book of Revelation makes use of "ancient serpent" and "the Dragon" several times to identify Satan or the devil. (; ) The serpent is most often identified with the hubristic Satan, and sometimes with Lilith. The story of the Garden of
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