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Lexicon :: Strong's G2191 - echidna

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ἔχιδνα
Transliteration
echidna (Key)
Pronunciation
ekh'-id-nah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain origin
mGNT
5x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:815,286

Strong’s Definitions

ἔχιδνα échidna, ekh'-id-nah; of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively):—viper.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2191 in the following manner: viper (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2191 in the following manner: viper (5x).

  1. a viper, offspring of vipers

    1. addressed to cunning, malignant, wicked men

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔχιδνα échidna, ekh'-id-nah; of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively):—viper.
STRONGS G2191:
ἔχιδνα, -ης, ἡ, a viper: Acts 28:3 (Hesiod, Herodotus, Tragg., Aristophanes, Plato, others); γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν offspring of vipers (anguigenae, Ovid, metam. 3, 531), addressed to cunning, malignant, wicked men: Matthew 3:7; Matthew 12:34; Matthew 23:33; Luke 3:7.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:7; 12:34; 23:33
Luke
3:7
Acts
28:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2191 matches the Greek ἔχιδνα (echidna),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:7 - But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:34 - You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:33

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 Box Luk 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:7 - John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:3 - Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.
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