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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 the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - And the serpent said to the woman, [fn]Ye shall not surely die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Pharao early in the morning: behold, he goes forth to the water; and thou shalt meet him on the bank of the river, and thou shalt take in thine hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much people of the children 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, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a signal-staff; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one so bitten that looks upon 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 put it upon a signal-staff: and it came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the brazen serpent, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, where is the biting serpent, and scorpion, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee a fountain of water out of the flinty rock:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He [fn]removed the high places, and broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and the brazen serpent which Moses made: because until those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Neesthan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - (LXX 57:5) Their venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - (LXX 139:4) They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; [fn] the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young of asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day God shall bring his holy and great and strong sword upon the dragon, even the serpent that flees, upon the dragon, the crooked serpent: he shall destroy the dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - (LXX 26:22) Their voice is as that of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall be confounded in their holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and will be afraid of thee.
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