ὄφις ophis

Greek word for “snake” · Strong’s G3789 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ὄφις, -εως, ὁ; a serpent, snake:, 11:11; as typical of wisdom and cunning, 23:23, (cf.); of Satan (cf., 4Ma.18:8), 12:11 20:2.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ophis in context, with how often each is used:

• serpent 8
• serpents 6

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 12 (3), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Mark 16 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 11 (1), John 3 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1), 2 Corinthians 11 (1)

Forms

• ὄφις 4
• ὄφιν 3
• ὄφεις 3
• ὄφεων 2
• ὄφεσιν 1
• ὄφεως 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ophis more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐπιδίδωμι epididōmi “to give/deliver” 2
• ἀρχαῖος archaios “ancient” 2
• δράκων drakōn “dragon” 2
• ἰχθύς ichthus “fish” 2
• ἀδικέω adikeō “to harm” 2
• Σατανᾶς Satanas “Satan” 2
• διάβολος diabolos “devilish/the Devil” 2
• ἔρημος erēmos “deserted” 2
• αἰτέω aiteō “to ask” 2
• στόμα stoma “mouth” 2
• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 3

Key verses

The verses using ophis that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Matthew 23:33 — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
• Mark 16:18 — They 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 10:19 — Behold, 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 11:11 — If 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 3:14 — And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
• 1 Corinthians 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3 — But 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 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his…
• Revelation 12:14 — And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times,…
• Revelation 12:15 — And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
• Revelation 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.