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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 Box Gen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You[fn] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - The LORD God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 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 you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a bronze[fn] serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - He will suck the poison of cobras;
the tongue of a viper will kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,
and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - In the end it bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a virgin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you,
that the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - For behold, I am sending among you serpents,
adders that cannot be charmed,
and they shall bite you,”
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - “She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away;
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
like those who fell trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
like the crawling things of the earth;
they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God,
and they shall be in fear of you.
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