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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 35 times in 29 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 -
Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
An adder in the path,
That biteth the horse’s heels,
So that his rider falleth backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - And he said, Cast in on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 -
He shall suck the poison of asps:
The viper’s tongue shall slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 -
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 -
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;
Adders’ poison is under their lips.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 -
At the last it biteth like a serpent,
And stingeth like an adder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 -
The way of an eagle in the air;
The way of a serpent upon a rock;
The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
And the way of a man with a maiden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
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