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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 his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:34 - You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:3 - When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.
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