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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “You fathers—if your children ask[fn] for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - Nor should we put Christ[fn] to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19 - Their power was in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails had heads like snakes, with the power to injure people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon[fn] for a time, times, and half a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years.
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