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Lexicon :: Strong's G3789 - ophis

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ὄφις
Transliteration
ophis (Key)
Pronunciation
of'-is
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from ὀπτάνομαι (G3700) (through the idea of sharpness of vision)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:566,748

Strong’s Definitions

ὄφις óphis, of'-is; probably from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:—serpent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3789 in the following manner: serpent (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3789 in the following manner: serpent (14x).

  1. snake, serpent

  2. with the ancients, the serpent was an emblem of cunning and wisdom. The serpent who deceived Eve was regarded by the Jews as the devil.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὄφις óphis, of'-is; probably from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:—serpent.
STRONGS G3789:
ὄφις, ὀφισεως, ὁ (perhaps named from its sight; cf. δράκων, at the beginning, and see Curtius, as under the word ὀφθαλμός); from Homer, Iliad 12, 208 down; the Sept. mostly for נָחָשׁ; a snake, serpent: Matthew 7:10; Mark 16:18; Luke 10:19; Luke 11:11; John 3:14; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Revelation 9:19; with the ancients the serpent was an emblem of cunning and wisdom, 2 Corinthians 11:3, cf. Genesis 3:1; hence, φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις, Matthew 10:16 (here WH marginal reading ὁ ὄφις); hence, crafty hypocrites are called ὄφεις, Matthew 23:33. The serpent narrated to have deceived Eve (see Gen. as above) was regarded by the later Jews as the devil (Sap. ii., 23f, cf. 4 Macc. 18:8); hence, he is called ὁ ὄφις ὁ ἀρχαῖος, ὁ ὄφις: Revelation 12:9, 14; Revelation 20:2; see (Grimm on Sap. as above; From Lenormant, Beginnings of History etc., chapter ii., p. 109f, and) δράκων.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
3:1
Matthew
7:10; 10:16; 23:33
Mark
16:18
Luke
10:19; 11:11
John
3:14
1 Corinthians
10:9
2 Corinthians
11:3
Revelation
9:19; 12:9; 12:14; 20:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3789 matches the Greek ὄφις (ophis),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[fn] a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - We should not test Christ,[fn] as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19 - The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
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