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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 shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Is it really true that God said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - So the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman replied, "The serpent tricked 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 the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - The LORD said, "Throw it to the ground." So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses ran from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Position yourself to meet him by the edge of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - Then 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 would take away the snakes from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - The LORD said to Moses, "Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

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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 snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake's food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - The LORD says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the LORD our God; they will be terrified of you.
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