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Lexicon :: Strong's G3789 - ophis

Aa
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 BoxMat 7:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19 - For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,
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