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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 14 times in 14 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - “Or [fn]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake G3789, will he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 -

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so [fn]be shrewd as serpents G3789 and innocent as doves.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - and they will pick up serpents G3789, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents G3789 and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “But what father among you, if his son asks for a [fn]fish, will give him a snake G3789 instead of a fish?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - “And as Moses lifted up the serpent G3789 in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - Nor let us put Christ to the test, as some of them [fn]did, and were destroyed by the serpents G3789.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I fear that, as the serpent G3789 deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be corrupted from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19 - For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents G3789, having heads, and with them they do harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent G3789 of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole [fn]world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the [fn]presence of the serpent G3789.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the serpent G3789 [fn]poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent G3789 of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
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