Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3789

ὄφις

ophis · “snake”

Used 14 times across 7 books

Definition

ὄφις, -εως, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for נָחָשׁ ;]
a serpent, snake: Mat.7:10 Mrk.16:18, Luk.10:19 11:11, Jhn.3:14, 1Co.10:9, Rev.9:19; as typical of wisdom and cunning, Mat.10:16 23:23, 2Co.11:3 (cf. Gen.31:1-55); of Satan (cf. Gen.3:1, Wis.2:23-24, 4Ma.18:8), Rev.12:9, 14 12:11 20:2.†

Where it appears

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John

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Revelation

In the text

Matthew 7:10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?Mark 16:18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.Luke 11:11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.Revelation 9:19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

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