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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 G2228 [fn]if G2532 he asks G154 for a fish, G2486 he will not give G1929 him a snake, G3789 will he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “Behold, G2400 I send G649 you out as sheep G4263 in the midst G3319 of wolves; G3074 so G3767 [fn]be shrewd G5429 as serpents G3789 and innocent G185 as doves. G4058

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - “You serpents, G3789 you brood G1081 of vipers, G2191 how G4459 [fn]will you escape G5343 the [fn]sentence G2920 of [fn]hell? G1067

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - they will pick G142 up serpents, G3789 and if G2579 they drink G4095 any G5100 deadly G2286 poison, it will not hurt G984 them; they will lay G2007 hands G5495 on the sick, G732 and they will recover.” G2192 G2573

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - “Behold, G2400 I have given G1325 you authority G1849 to tread G3961 on serpents G3789 and scorpions, G4651 and over G1909 all G3956 the power G1411 of the enemy, G2190 and nothing G3762 will injure G91 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “Now G1161 [fn]suppose G5101 one G5101 of you fathers G3962 is asked G154 by his son G5207 for a [fn]fish; G2486 he will not give G1929 him a snake G3789 instead G473 of a fish, G2486 will he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - “As Moses G3475 lifted G5312 up the serpent G3789 in the wilderness, G2048 even so G3779 must G1163 the Son G5207 of Man G444 be lifted G5312 up;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - Nor G3366 let us try G1598 the Lord, G2962 as some G5100 of them [fn]did, G3985 and were destroyed G622 by the serpents. G3789

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I am G5399 afraid G5399 that, as the serpent G3789 deceived G1818 Eve G2096 by his craftiness, G3834 your minds G3540 will be led G5351 astray G5351 from the simplicity G572 and purity G54 of devotion to Christ. G5547

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19 - For the power G1849 of the horses G2462 is in their mouths G4750 and in their tails; G3769 for their tails G3769 are like G3664 serpents G3789 and have G2192 heads, G2776 and with them they do G91 harm. G91

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - And the great G3173 dragon G1404 was thrown G906 down, the serpent G3789 of old G744 who is called G2564 the devil G1228 and Satan, G4567 who deceives G4105 the whole G3650 [fn]world; G3625 he was thrown G906 down to the earth, G1093 and his angels G32 were thrown G906 down with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the two G1417 wings G4420 of the great G3173 eagle G105 were given G1325 to the woman, G1135 so G2443 that she could fly G4072 into the wilderness G2048 to her place, G5117 where G3699 she *was nourished G5142 for a time G2540 and times G2540 and half G2255 a time, G2540 from the [fn]presence G4383 of the serpent. G3789

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the serpent G3789 [fn]poured G906 water G5204 like G5613 a river G4215 out of his mouth G4750 after G3694 the woman, G1135 so G2443 that he might cause G4160 her to be swept G4216 away G4216 with the flood. G4216

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - And he laid G2902 hold G2902 of the dragon, G1404 the serpent G3789 of old, G744 who G3739 is the devil G1228 and Satan, G4567 and bound G1210 him for a thousand G5507 years; G2094
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