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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 - and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - 'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - 'Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - serpents they shall take up; and if any deadly thing they may drink, it shall not hurt them; on the ailing they shall lay hands, and they shall be well.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - 'And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - 'And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in the Christ;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19 - for their authorities are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they do injure;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - and the great dragon was cast forth -- the old serpent, who is called 'Devil,' and 'the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world -- he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,
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